Scientists say fewer balloon launches could lead to data gaps during the severe weather season. The NOAA says services remain uninterrupted. At first glance, it might just look like an ordinary ...

The National Weather Service in Fort Worth uses several tools, one of which is weather balloons, to provide the most accurate forecast. Weather data is widely available at the surface from weather ...

DEFIANCE, Ohio — Four seniors from Toledo Technology Academy of Engineering launched a high-altitude weather balloon Monday at Defiance Elementary School as part of their Senior Capstone Project ...

LINCOLN — An Omaha area National Weather Service office will be redeploying weather balloons next week after the Trump administration decided to fund more staff. U.S. Rep. Mike Flood ...

The most concrete thing we can see right now is weather balloons. Weather balloons sound very low tech, but they are sort of the key in weather forecasts. It brings measurements from the ...

Already, multiple offices have reduced or eliminated daily weather balloon launches and more are likely to follow suit following a wave of early retirements taking place this week, the NOAA ...

Satellites can’t take direct measurements, so to measure these winds, scientists rely on weather balloons. That data is essential both for forecasts and to calibrate the complicated formulas ...