Former NOAA officials warned that jobs cuts undermine critical weather forecasting and basic science that companies and communities rely on.
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 high will be 32 degrees, wind gusts could go as high as 28 miles per hour and there is a slight chance of snow showers, according to an NWS forecast. Here is the weather for this weekend and beyond,
A high wind warning was issued by the NWS Hanford CA on Sunday at 8:43 a.m. in effect until Tuesday at 4 a.m. for Mojave Desert Slopes.
Current and former agency officials and lawmakers said the cuts could have major impacts on Americans and the economy, compromising important functions.
The warning was for Inland Pender, Coastal Pender, Inland New Hanover, Coastal New Hanover, Inland Brunswick and Coastal Brunswick as well as Robeson, Bladen and Columbus counties.
The NWS Blacksburg VA issued a fire weather watch at 1:56 p.m. on Friday in effect until Saturday at 8 p.m. The watch is for Ashe, Alleghany, Surry, Stokes, Rockingham, Caswell, Watauga, Wilkes and Yadkin counties.
The firings included Great Lakes experts and meteorologists who do crucial local forecasts in National Weather Service offices across the country.
On Thursday at 3:43 p.m. the NWS Eureka CA issued a beach hazards statement in effect until Friday at midnight. The statement is for Coastal Del Norte, Northern Humboldt Coast, Southwestern Humboldt and Mendocino Coast.
A new meteorologist at the National Weather Service’s Boston office is reportedly among the hundreds of NOAA staff members who have been axed by the Trump administration.
Much of the country is forecast to see warmer-than-average temperatures and drought conditions this spring, according to NOAA.