National Weather Service offices across the country are suspending or reducing weather balloon flights due to low staffing.

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Local members of Congress and meteorologists are concerned that Nebraskans won't be as prepared for stormy weather because ...

The National Weather Service's decision to stop weather balloon launches in Omaha and elsewhere, according to multiple ...

The Trump administration's staff cuts have led to reduced weather balloon launches at multiple sites, impacting real-time data collection.

Up until one month ago, the twice-daily launches were happening at 92 National Weather Service offices across the United ...

Some weather balloon launches have been suspended because of the Trump administration’s cuts to the National Weather Service.

It takes 90 minutes to an hour to fill a weather balloon with helium or hydrogen, get it fitted with a sensor, then ready it for launch making sure the radiosonde doesn't drag on the ground ...

Observations from soundings are important inputs for assessing turbulence that may impact air travel, marine weather, fire weather, and air pollution. Other than some tools on some aircraft that we ...

It takes 90 minutes to an hour to fill a weather balloon with helium or hydrogen, get it fitted with a sensor, then ready it for launch making sure the radiosonde doesn't drag on the ground ...