DOGE laid off hundreds of employees in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, including meteorologists at the NWS. How this impacts weather forecasts.

Hundreds of weather forecasters and other federal National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration employees on probationary status were fired Thursday, lawmakers and weather experts said.

Hundreds of weather forecasters and other employees with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have been let go. The layoffs include meteorologists who do forecasts in National Weather Service offices across the United States.

Hanna Miller focused on protecting whales from oil spills, ship strikes, and fishing gear. While on vacation in Hawaii, the federal biologist opened her work email on her personal phone to find she no longer had a job.

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.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) began the process of firing hundreds of probationary workers Thursday, the latest mass job cuts within federal agencies, three sources with knowledge of internal operations told The Hill.