Bajjey said he was working without National Weather Service data he usually counts on. "We couldn't get true real-world data as often as needed," Bajjey said. At least 13 of nearly 100 balloon ...

The students worked with Gannon professor Wookwon Lee to design and create two balloons with data-capturing mechanisms that are called payloads. The balloon is expected to reach a maximum altitude ...

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This was possible with the launch of a weather balloon. The launch gave a team of students the chance to work with a climate change specialist from UMaine “This is an extraordinary learning experience ...

Weather balloons fly again As the agency adjusts to having fewer staff members, weather balloons have been one item on the chopping block. In mid-March, some balloon flights went down to once a day in ...

WASHINGTON — As nasty tornadoes popped up from Kansas to Kentucky, a depleted National Weather Service was in scramble mode. The agency's office in Jackson, Kentucky, had begun closing nightly ...

The tornado that tore through London, Kentucky on May 17, 2025, killed several people. Credit: Michael Swensen via Getty Images Over the weekend and through Monday, devastating tornadoes, storms ...

Staffing shortages and fewer weather balloon launches remain an issue. In April, Congressman Mike Flood promised things would get better, but so far they haven’t. First Alert 6 has been asking ...