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

Balloons play a significant role in decorating any celebration, from birthdays and weddings to corporate events and baby ...

With massive job cuts, the National Weather Service is eliminating or reducing vital weather balloon launches in eight ...

The National Weather Service is reducing the number of weather balloons it launches across the country, an early tangible ...

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 ...

Over a hundred blue, white, and silver helium balloons were released into the sky in his memory. Some got caught in the trees. Members of the Christopher family, a large Gullah family that has ...

Weather balloons are an “essential piece of the forecasting system.” But there will be fewer of them in tornado season this ...

Last week’s blizzard, the deadly Pilger tornadoes and Hurricane Sandy share something in common: People got a better heads-up due to a forecasting tool ...