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 ...

The National Weather Service in Fort Worth uses several tools, one of which is weather balloons, to provide the most accurate forecast. Weather data is widely available at the surface from weather ...

on Thursday announced further reduction in its schedule of weather balloon launches—a change that is triggering concern among meteorologists and climate scientists as the U.S. enters peak storm ...

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.

(WKRN) — National Weather Service sites across the country typically launch two weather balloons each day: one in the morning and one in the evening. However, some offices have been short ...

Scientists say fewer balloon launches could lead to data gaps during the severe weather season. The NOAA says services remain uninterrupted. At first glance, it might just look like an ordinary ...

Weather balloons are a weather tool that has been used by the National Weather Service since the 1930s. Fact sheet about weather balloons These balloons carry what's called a radiosonde ...