The Medford office is temporarily suspending evening weather balloon launches because low staffing levels are affecting ...

The cuts to NOAA and the National Weather Service (NWS) have sparked concerns that storms could become more deadly without ...

The National Weather Service is down more than a dozen weather balloon launch sites since late March due to budget and staffing cuts, meaning less information f ...

Weather balloons are launched around the world, generally two times per day, to gather weather data from the ground up ...

Some National Weather Service offices are reducing and even suspending balloon launches due to staffing issues.

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 ...

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

STERLING, VA-OCTOBER 1:Meteorologist, Carrie Suffern Prepares to Release the Weather Balloon at ... More National Weather Service Headquarters on October 1, 2012 in Sterling Virginia(Photo by ...

Weather balloon operations will stop or be reduced at 11 locations across the country due to staffing shortages caused by recent NOAA layoffs.

With massive job cuts, the National Weather Service is eliminating or reducing vital weather balloon launches in eight northern locations, which meteorologists and former agency leaders said will ...

National Weather Service forecast accuracy is at risk as Trump administration cuts in NOAA staffing affect data collection and prediction reliability.