Meteorologists and former National Weather Service leaders say reducing vital weather balloon launches will degrade the ...

the National Weather Service is eliminating or reducing vital weather balloon launches in eight northern locations, which meteorologists and former agency leaders said will degrade the accuracy of ...

For decades, 92 NWS offices in North America and the Pacific Islands have launched weather balloons twice per day. The helium or hydrogen-filled balloon is attached to an electronic device called ...

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 ...

The National Weather Service (NWS) announced that it is eliminating or reducing weather balloon launches across multiple offices around the country. This comes in response to NOAA layoffs and a ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A behind-the-scenes tool in weather forecasting is quietly being scaled back as the U.S. government is cutting back on weather balloon launches. Several National Weather ...