A bipartisan bill for weather research advanced out of the House Science Committee on Wednesday by unanimous vote. The Weather Act Reauthorization reaffirms and updates NOAA research, forecasting, and emergency preparedness programs authorized in the 2017 Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Act. The bill recommends between $160 million and $170 million each year through 2030 for NOAA’s research office to carry out specified weather research programs, roughly steady with the program amounts for fiscal year 2024.

Other weather research news:

• Los Alamos Daily Post (N.M.): Luján, Cantwell bill to strengthen federal wildfire forecasting and firefighting tools unanimously passes senate
• Undercurrent News: Friends of NOAA fear continued cuts, uncertainty as fiscal 2026 approaches