Among the responsibilities of the Nebraska State Climate Office is to manage the state’s “mesonet” system, which includes this weather monitoring station near Big Springs. (Courtesy of the Nebraska Mesonet system)
LINCOLN — Two National Weather Service offices that cover some rural parts of Nebraska will no longer monitor local weather around-the-clock.
The Weather Service offices in neighboring states that forecast parts of western and southwest Nebraska cut back from 24/7 coverage after staffing reductions were made under the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency. One office in Wyoming covers eight counties in the Nebraska Panhandle, and the other, in Kansas, forecasts for three counties in the southwestern corner of Nebraska…