Scott Dance

Baltimore, Washington, D.C., United States

Extreme Weather and Climate Change Reporter at The Washington Post

@washingtonpost reporter focused on extreme weather and climate change. @niemanfdn '21. @sejorg @nlgja member.

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Articles

What we lose when weather balloons don’t fly

1 week ago | washingtonpost.com | Scott Dance |John Muyskens |Frank Hulley-Jones |Marvin Joseph

What we lose when weather balloons don’t fly (washingtonpost.com) What we lose when weather balloons don’t fly By Scott Dance; John Muyskens; Frank Hulley-Jones; Marvin Joseph 2025052610005300 GAYLORD, Michigan — On a blustery spring day here, dangerous thunderstorms are looming to the west across Minnesota and Wisconsin.
The surprising ways U.S. weather data powers everyday commerce

1 week ago | eu.detroitnews.com | Sarah Kaplan |Scott Dance

SCIENCESarah Kaplan and Scott DanceThe Washington PostView Comments What to stock on the shelves. Which airport destination to choose for a freight shipment. The specifications for bridge building. Across the country, retailers make calls every day based on weather and climate data from the Weather Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
The surprising ways U.S. weather data powers everyday commerce

2 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Sarah Kaplan |Scott Dance

The surprising ways U.S. weather data powers everyday commerce (washingtonpost.com) The surprising ways U.S. weather data powers everyday commerce By Sarah Kaplan; Scott Dance 2025052310000000 What to stock on the shelves. Which airport destination to choose for a freight shipment. The specifications for bridge building.
As many as 19 storms could form this hurricane season, NOAA forecasts

2 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Scott Dance |Ben Cattell Noll

As many as 19 storms could form this hurricane season, NOAA forecasts (washingtonpost.com) As many as 19 storms could form this hurricane season, NOAA forecasts By Scott Dance; Ben Noll 2025052215525200 A 10th consecutive above-average hurricane season is forecast in the Atlantic basin this year, with warm waters and potentially storm-friendly climate patterns expected to produce as many as 19 tropical storms, including six to 10 hurricanes, government scientists said Thursday. Half of those...
Forecast office expected to stop monitoring weather round-the-clock in swath of WA

2 weeks ago | seattletimes.com | Scott Dance |John Muyskens

For at least half a century, the National Weather Service has been an round-the-clock operation. But after the U.S. DOGE Service led efforts to shrink the federal government, that is no longer possible in some parts of the country. In four of the agency’s 122 weather forecasting offices around the country, there aren’t enough meteorologists to staff an overnight shift, according to the National Weather Service Employees Organization, a union representing agency workers.
Staff cuts forced this forecast office to shut overnight. Then a tornado hit.

2 weeks ago | seattletimes.com | Scott Dance

If not for the storms, the critically understaffed National Weather Service office responsible for monitoring weather hazards across eastern Kentucky would have gone dark by midnight. It’s one of a growing number the agency’s local offices that have been unable to cover an overnight shift since the Trump administration significantly reduced staffing levels through buyouts and firings earlier this year. But Friday brought the kind of harrowing conditions meteorologists train for.
Staff cuts forced a weather service office to shut overnight. Then a tornado hit

2 weeks ago | detroitnews.com | Scott Dance

NATIONScott DanceThe Washington PostView Comments If not for the storms, the critically understaffed National Weather Service office responsible for monitoring weather hazards across eastern Kentucky would have gone dark by midnight. It’s one of a growing number the agency’s local offices that have been unable to cover an overnight shift since the Trump administration significantly reduced staffing levels through buyouts and firings earlier this year.
How a tornado tested a Kentucky weather office that cut overnight staff

2 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Scott Dance

How a tornado tested a Kentucky weather office that cut overnight staff (washingtonpost.com) How a tornado tested a Kentucky weather office that cut overnight staff By Scott Dance 2025051716113000 If not for the storms, the understaffed National Weather Service office responsible for monitoring weather hazards across eastern Kentucky would have gone dark by midnight.
DOGE cuts impact around-the-clock weather monitoring, including in Michigan

3 weeks ago | detroitnews.com | Scott Dance |John Muyskens

POLITICSScott Dance, John MuyskensWashington PostView Comments For at least half a century, the National Weather Service has been an around-the-clock operation. But after the U.S. DOGE Service led efforts to shrink the federal government, that is no longer possible in some parts of the country.
Where local forecast offices no longer monitor weather around-the-clock

3 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Scott Dance |John Muyskens

Where local forecast offices no longer monitor weather around-the-clock (washingtonpost.com) Where local forecast offices no longer monitor weather around-the-clock By Scott Dance; John Muyskens 2025051615335500 For at least half a century, the National Weather Service has been an around-the-clock operation. But after the U.S. DOGE Service led efforts to shrink the federal government, that is no longer possible in some parts of the country.