Have you ever wondered how meteorologists seem to predict the wild swings of weather with such precision? The secret often ...

When fine-tuning a forecast, weather balloons provide data about what’s going on in the atmosphere to help provide more ...

On July 17, 1938, weather experts at the Oklahoma City Municipal Airport were the first to launch specific weather balloons carrying new technology.

FARGO — As temperatures start to warm this spring, our StormTRACKER team gets closer to saying goodbye to forecasting snow and starts monitoring the potential for storms to develop. One of the ...

(WKRN) — National Weather Service sites across the country typically launch two weather balloons each day: one in the morning and one in the evening. However, some offices have been short ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — With massive job cuts, the National Weather ... balloons. It's now down to one at night, which she said it is worrisome heading into severe weather season. “For those of us ...

The National Weather Service (NWS) on Thursday announced further reduction in its schedule of weather balloon launches ... to be degraded across the United States. This is unacceptable." ...

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 ...