The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Tuesday began plans to layoff 10% of its current workforce, according to sources inside and outside the agency.

A hurricane modeling specialist fired from the National Weather Service said progress on forecast accuracy may "go backwards" if job cuts continue.

Federal employees who monitor and forecast the nation’s weather and climate have been hit with a wave of mass firings.

NOAA provides free forecasts ... Related: Lawmakers, labor leaders rally in protest over Veterans Affairs job losses in Detroit "I was a contractor for five years," Farina said. "So I was already there working with the exact same team since 2019.

NOAA layoffs could harm Great Lakes water quality and weather forecasting, raising concerns for public health and ecosystems.

The potential closures come as the General Services Administration looks for opportunities to sell government buildings it says may not be needed.

The National Weather Service and NOAA released their monthly weather outlook for March 2025. The predictions are based on probability vs. normal averages, and can help show possible trends in the longer range forecast. Here’s what the outlook released on Feb. 28, 2025 says about Michigan. The outlook is valid for the entire month of March.

NOAA's staff oversees monitoring the world's atmosphere and the nation's weather and climate, including its most violent storms.

The people who once ran the federal weather and oceans agency say it touches people’s daily lives in unnoticed ways and that massive firings there could cause needless deaths and a big hit to America’s economy.