The National Weather Service plans to fill two vacancies for meteorologists who forecast daily weather for the public and airspace above the Bay Area, after the agency lost more than 500 employees earlier this year during the Trump administration’s deep federal cuts.

The potential hirings aren’t totally official yet, but the federal government may post the jobs in the next week, according to Dalton Behringer, the Bay Area office’s union steward for the National Weather Service Employees Organization.

Once hired, they could help bolster weather reports for two offices that have operated for months with limited staff. The news comes as temperatures across the Bay Area are heating up, passengers are departing for summertime travels, and wildfire risk is growing.

The cuts earlier this yea

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