Hundreds of NOAA workers who were on probationary status were fired Thursday. Some meteorologists who made predictions for the National Weather Service were among those who were let go.

T he Trump Administration has begun firing probationary employees at the federal agency tasked with overseeing weather prediction and climate research, raising concerns about the

The cuts came just before a separate wave of departures was expected under the Trump administration’s so-called deferred resignation program.

The threat of federal cuts poses risks to the National Weather Service's field office, and to research funding at the Scripps Institute of Oceanography.

The Trump administration reportedly began carrying out hundreds of layoffs at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Thursday, though so far the National Weather Service office for New Orleans and Baton Rouge was not affected,