BoM staff cuts at regional weather stations were flagged a month ago – so here is a response in local Cobar news. These marked blue are the sites likely to be de-staffed.
My main point is that these stations will be like Cobar – designated Met Offices properly staffed – which should be a step up in importance from the hundreds of smaller sites where volunteers or part timers take weather readings. IMHO a crazy decision that will affect data quality in years to come. In the context of the Australian economy – what will the savings be? In the context of the cost to us of greedy politicians – what will the savings be? There is much more at www.michaelsmithnews.com/
Less HQ stations to adjust – a win win for the number crunchers
(less strain on the budget & more petty cash for fact finding tours & lattes & global warming bunfights)
It seems to me that less the BoM needs to talk with people on the ground, the more they think their predictions conform with their computer models. It’s a problem that began when they stopped ringing around post mistresses for observations.
Post mistresses would have been able to add 2 + 2 and get 4. They would be shocked at how the BoM in the ACORN data has altered the many readings they made in years past. If we had a half curious media we might have some PM’s intervied to get their reaction to alterations.