The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued a wind advisory for D.C. and parts of Maryland and Virginia on Thursday. This comes after heavy rain and strong winds hit the DMV Wednesday afternoon. Several wind advisories went into effect at 8 a.

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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 U.S.

Current and former agency officials and lawmakers said the cuts could have major impacts on Americans and the economy, compromising important functions.

The day will start mild and humid. Winds will increase out of the south during the morning and gust up to 40 mph. Ahead of this system, temperatures will reach the mid to upper 60s and draw in a large amount of moisture from the Gulf of America and the Atlantic Ocean.

The terminations come days before a potential severe weather outbreak in the southeastern U.S. — and just months ahead of the next Atlantic hurricane season.

The D.C. area is bracing for a line of severe storms Wednesday to bring blinding rain, powerful wind gusts, lightning, hail and the risk for an isolated tornado. The latest forecast models consistently show a dangerous line of storms reaching the D.C. area between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m., Storm Team4 Meteorologist Chuck Bell said.

The Washington, D.C. region is bracing for a severe weather threat on Wednesday, with damaging wind gusts, heavy rain, hail, and a slight chance of tornadoes possible.

Hundreds of NOAA and National Weather Service employees were laid off Thursday in the latest round of federal workforce cuts under President Donald Trump’s administration.