Meteorologists and former National Weather Service leaders say reducing vital weather balloon launches will degrade the ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — With massive job cuts, the National Weather Service is eliminating or reducing vital weather balloon ...

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 ...

In the video above: Haunting final moment of mum and son who floated away on a helium balloon. Know the news with the 7NEWS ... "I have been involved in criminal cases as a barrister and as a judge ...

Weather balloons are the best platform for collecting weather data and is utilized in predicting changes in atmospheric ...

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

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

L to R: Zach Cherry, Britt Lower, Adam Scott, Tramell Tillman, Gwendoline Christie and Dan Erickson surprise London commuters on their way to work at a "Severance" installation at the More London ...

It’s a large helium or hydrogen-filled balloon with a radiosonde connected to it, which is a device that measures various weather variables such as temperature, dew point, pressure, wind speed ...

Students at Rochester's John James Audubon School #33 went to new heights Monday, experiencing the wonder and science of a hot air balloon — in the gym. The group learned about the science of flight ...