Hundreds of workers at the climate research agency are being fired, including at least two Bay Area weather service employees, raising concerns about NOAA’s ability to serve the public.

Hundreds of weather forecasters and other federal National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration employees on probationary status were fired Thursday, lawmakers and weather experts said. Federal workers who were not let go said the afternoon layoffs included meteorologists who do crucial local forecasts in National Weather Service offices across the country.