AEMET staff warn of imminent global warming
An observer shows neglected AEMET facilities in Granada, Spain, while the agency warns about global warming. The contrast fuels the controversy over its funding.
English · Original discussion in Spanish · Published
The publication shows the state of an AEMET weather station at Granada airport and contrasts that neglect with warnings about climate change. The debate mixes criticism of public spending with the credibility of forecasts.
The video shows it plainly: an **AEMET** weather facility at **Granada** airport, with old equipment and signs of neglect. It was recorded by **Manuel Sarracena García**, an observer at the station itself, and distributed by **PR Noticias**. The image is spreading on social media while the public agency insists on its warming scenarios. The contrast is the message.
## A station with eighty years of history
The station at Granada airport is one of the old ones. It is not a computing center: it is an observation hut where temperature, wind and precipitation are recorded by hand or with equipment that has already outlived its useful life. When the staff themselves show the deterioration, it is not an anonymous complaint. It is a snapshot of the daily reality of a network that depends on budget and staffing.
## Predicting climate and predicting tomorrow
The criticism circulating mixes two different things. A decades-ahead forecast does not come from the airport hut: it comes from climate models running on supercomputers. Tomorrow's warning does depend on that observation network. If the network fails, short-term forecasting loses quality. And that is what the video puts on the table, even without saying it.
## Salaries and public funding
Some claim that observers earn **4,000 euros net** while doing nothing. It is a claim circulating without documentary support, and the video does not prove it. The agency's funding comes from Spain's General State Budgets and European funds. Confusing an observer's salary with the cost of a supercomputer is a leap that does not hold up.
The credibility of a climate warning is not measured by the state of a hut, but it does not defend itself either. If the agency asks for trust, it will have to explain why its facilities show what they show.
The video shows it plainly: an **AEMET** weather facility at **Granada** airport, with old equipment and signs of neglect. It was recorded by **Manuel Sarracena García**, an observer at the station itself, and distributed by **PR Noticias**. The image is spreading on social media while the public agency insists on its warming scenarios. The contrast is the message.
## A station with eighty years of history
The station at Granada airport is one of the old ones. It is not a computing center: it is an observation hut where temperature, wind and precipitation are recorded by hand or with equipment that has already outlived its useful life. When the staff themselves show the deterioration, it is not an anonymous complaint. It is a snapshot of the daily reality of a network that depends on budget and staffing.
## Predicting climate and predicting tomorrow
The criticism circulating mixes two different things. A decades-ahead forecast does not come from the airport hut: it comes from climate models running on supercomputers. Tomorrow's warning does depend on that observation network. If the network fails, short-term forecasting loses quality. And that is what the video puts on the table, even without saying it.
## Salaries and public funding
Some claim that observers earn **4,000 euros net** while doing nothing. It is a claim circulating without documentary support, and the video does not prove it. The agency's funding comes from Spain's General State Budgets and European funds. Confusing an observer's salary with the cost of a supercomputer is a leap that does not hold up.
The credibility of a climate warning is not measured by the state of a hut, but it does not defend itself either. If the agency asks for trust, it will have to explain why its facilities show what they show.
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