At least 500 staffers, mostly probationary workers including 375 who work at NOAA’s National Weather Service offices nationwide, were notified via email.
The cuts came just before a separate wave of departures was expected under the Trump administration’s so-called deferred resignation program.
The Trump administration has its government-shrinking sights set on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, where around 800 employees have been tapped for termination, according to two sources close to the agency.
Hundreds of weather forecasters and other federal National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration employees on probationary status were fired
Some 880 employees of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration were laid off on Thursday, a congressional source told CBS News.
Scientists worry there will be immediate harm from the Trump administration's latest cuts to the federal workforce, which hit NOAA and the NWS.
Hundreds of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and National Weather Service employees were laid off Thursday in the latest round of federal workforce cuts under President Donald
The cuts could affect more than 10% of the employees at the agency, according to two sources with internal knowledge of the agency.
The terminations come days before a potential severe weather outbreak early next week in the southeast United States — and just months ahead of the next Atlantic hurricane season.
NOAA predicts a drier spring for the Southwest and wetter season for the Northwest and Appalachia. Punxsutawney Phil may have signaled six more weeks of winter, but the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has its own predictions for spring.
SHOWING EARTH STARTED 2025 WITH THE WARMEST JANUARY ON RECORD. THAT’S RIGHT. CERTIFIED FIRST WARNING METEOROLOGIST BROOKE SILVERING JOINS US NOW WITH WHAT ELSE? THE EVIDENCE SHOWED. JANUARY 2025 WAS RANKED AS THE WARMEST JANUARY IN THE 176 GLOBAL CLIMATE RECORD.
Though Ohio is still in winter mode, it's never too early to think about spring. NOAA three-month maps predict a warmer, wetter spring for Ohio.