Some NWS offices are already suspending their twice-daily weather balloon / radiosonde launches because they won't have the personnel. What difference does that make? If we don't get data from the various levels of the atmosphere, then the numerical weather prediction models won't have as much information, which means the computer guidance will be less accurate, which will then lead to less accurate human forecasts. These incompetent, unqualified people who are firing hard-working scientists indiscriminately don't have the first clue what these cuts will do. I used to launch these radiosondes myself in college while I worked for the NWS. STOP THIS NONSENSE!