Staffing shortages at nearly a dozen National Weather Service offices will mean fewer weather balloon launches.

Students at Eastside Elementary attended a weather balloon launch performed by the Wyoming NASA Space Grant Consortium last ...

Observations from soundings are important inputs for assessing turbulence that may impact air travel, marine weather, fire ...

Green Bay's National Weather Service office will launch one weather balloon a day instead of two to check the atmosphere. We ...

This week the National Weather Service announced reductions in weather balloon launches. Experts warn that could harm weather forecast accuracy, the economy and safety.

Don and Brian Cleaver are the father-and-son team from Toms River who launched a Jersey Shore aeronautical adventure into the ...

These weather balloons are launched twice a day from 100 locations, but that has now changed for a little more than a handful of locations. Keep in mind, not all weather service offices launch ...

That makes 11 announced sites with reduced or eliminated balloon observations, or about one out of nine launch locations which include part of the Pacific and Caribbean. Among regularly reporting ...

That makes 11 announced sites with reduced or eliminated balloon observations, or about one out of nine launch locations which include part of the Pacific and Caribbean. Among regularly reporting ...

That makes 11 announced sites with reduced or eliminated balloon observations, or about one out of nine launch locations which include part of the Pacific and Caribbean.Among regularly reporting ...