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 ...

(WKRN) — National Weather Service sites across the country typically launch two weather balloons each day: one in the morning and one in the evening. However, some offices have been short ...

allowing more weather balloon launches Twice-daily weather balloon launches will be back on the schedule at the National Weather Service in Valley, Nebraska, and the office will get additional ...

One of the key tools they look at is the data relayed by weather balloons. Weather doesn’t just happen here at the ground, yes, it’s where most of us feel the impacts of a storm system moving ...

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 ...

Some National Weather Service offices are reducing and even suspending balloon launches due to staffing issues. Chris Michaels, WRAL meteorologist A critical weather tool is disappearing.

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 ...

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 ...