Now Neil Jacobs, President Donald Trump’s pick to run the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which oversees NWS, says that he’ll make “staffing the Weather Service offices a top priority” if he’s confirmed.

A newly released budget calls for cuts to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The document proposes giving no funding to the agency's climate laboratories or regional climate data, and zeroing out research at NOAA weather research programs and weather laboratories. This also includes tornado and severe storm research.

Nominee says he would work to undo the workforce cuts from the last few months, though the process could take time.