When fine-tuning a forecast, weather balloons provide data about what’s going on in the atmosphere to help provide more ...

On July 17, 1938, weather experts at the Oklahoma City Municipal Airport were the first to launch specific weather balloons ...

the oddly shaped white-clear orb in the sky isn’t a mystery – it’s a piece of technology similar to a weather balloon. On Friday morning, viewers of Nexstar’s KDVR reported a strange ...

Scientists say fewer balloon launches could lead to data gaps during the severe weather season. The NOAA says services remain ...

A critical weather tool is disappearing as some National Weather Service officers suspend balloon launches. Monday on WRAL at 6 p.m., WRAL's team of meteorologists shares how this missing data ...

Weather balloons are a weather tool that has been used by the National Weather Service since the 1930s. Fact sheet about weather balloons These balloons carry what's called a radiosonde ...

Weather balloons are typically launched twice a day from 100 stations across the country. They fly up to 100,000 feet high, gathering critical data about the upper atmosphere used in weather ...