A meteorologist has told Newsweek cuts overseen by Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) could make it ...

At least 11 National Weather Service offices have seen their twice-daily balloon launches to collect weather data suspended ...

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

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

The president-elect of the American Meteorological Society compares the situation to bolts in a steel office building, ...

The announcement by the National Weather Service (NWS) regarding cutbacks in weather balloon launches has raised significant concerns within the meteorological community. This decision marks one of ...

The balloons are among the most important sources of data for weather models, he and other forecasters said. When they compared various instruments used to aid forecasting, NASA researchers found ...

These balloon launches are crucial for providing real-time atmospheric data, which meteorologists rely on to create accurate ...

The suspension of weather balloon releases by the National Weather Service (NWS) in Omaha and Rapid City, South Dakota, is raising significant concerns among meteorologists and weather observers alike ...

These weather balloons carry "radiosonde" instruments that send back a range of data from the upper atmosphere that supports weather forecasts, including temperature, dew point, relative humidity ...