Weather balloons are used frequently to gather key data on weather conditions. University of Missouri meteorology students ...

National Weather Service offices across the country are suspending or reducing weather balloon flights due to low staffing.

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

Observations from soundings are important inputs for assessing turbulence that may impact air travel, marine weather, fire ...

The National Weather Service is cutting back weather balloon launches or eliminating them entirely at eight northern locations due to staffing issues, impacting forecast accuracy as severe weather ...

It takes 90 minutes to an hour to fill a weather balloon with helium or hydrogen, get it fitted with a sensor, then ready it for launch making sure the radiosonde doesn’t drag on the ground ...

Meteorologists Jeff Masters and Tomer Burg calculate that 14 of 83 U.S. balloon sites, or 17%, are doing partial or no launches. That includes two stations that aren’t launching because of a helium ...

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A helium balloon is highly attractive to marine animals, confused as a food source thanks to its light and airy nature in the water. When marine animals eat the balloon it can trap their airways or ...