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.
Billionaire Elon Musk's DOGE cuts for the Trump administration have reduced weather balloon launches, diminishing the ability ...
On Feb. 27, the National Weather Service said balloons would no longer be launched at an NWS office in Alaska. A week later, offices in Albany, New York and Gray, Maine began launching fewer ...
Staffing shortages at nearly a dozen National Weather Service offices will mean fewer weather balloon launches.
With massive job cuts, the National Weather Service is reducing vital weather balloon launches in eight northern locations.
Earlier this month, the agency had announced weather balloon cuts in Albany, New York and Gray, Maine, and in late February, it ended launches in Kotzebue, Alaska. That makes 11 announced sites ...
On March 7, the weather service announced it would temporarily suspend some of the balloon launches in Albany, New York, and Gray, Maine, because of a lack of weather forecast office staffing.