The U.S. government is scaling back weather balloon launches. Here is why a weather balloon is such an important tool for ...

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

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

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

This week the National Weather Service announced reductions in weather balloon launches. Experts warn that could harm weather forecast accuracy, the economy and safety.

"Temperature, relative humidity, pressure. We can derive wind ... on the extent of future impacts." With fewer balloons, forecasters say upper air data from research balloons, commercial aircraft ...

The weather service launches weather balloons twice daily from 100 upper air sites throughout the mainland ... relative humidity, barometric pressure, wind speed and wind direction, according ...

The weather service launches weather balloons twice daily from 100 upper air sites throughout the mainland ... relative humidity, barometric pressure, wind speed and wind direction, according ...