There’s something almost magical about pushing open the doors of the Idaho Youth Ranch Thrift Store in Meridian and being ...

At least 11 National Weather Service offices around the country have seen their twice-daily balloon launches to collect weather data either suspended or reduced in number as the service copes with ...

For decades, the National Weather Service has released weather balloons at a clockworklike cadence at more than 100 sites across the country, as well as over the Pacific and the Caribbean.

SOUTH DAKOTA LOCATIONS AS TWO OF SEVERAL SUSPENDING OR REDUCING ITS WEATHER BALLOON LAUNCHES. THIS IS TIED TO JOB CUTS BY THE DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY. KCCI KAYLA JAMES SHOWS US WHAT ...

the National Weather Service in Davenport launches weather balloons. They tell us what’s going on now, so the First Alert Weather Team can tell you what’s next. Up until one month ago ...

Weather balloon launches in Grand Junction have been limited to one per day. On March 20, the National Weather Service issued a memo regarding the “Reduction of Radiosonde Observations (RAOB ...

The weather balloon data is used for forecasts, and meteorologists say the cuts will decrease forecast quality and could create increased severe weather risk. Photo courtesy of the National ...

staffing shortages at nearly a dozen National Weather Service offices will mean fewer weather balloon launches. Last week, eight additional National Weather Service offices joined the growing list ...