Observations are oftentimes the most important part of a forecast, be it from a balloon, a plane, satellite, weather stations, ships, buoys or radar sites. Then, there's the ground truth that we ...

Weather balloons have a significant impact on the accuracy of a forecast. NASA researchers determined that after satellite data, the weather information from the balloon radiosondes has the most ...

Over the last several weeks, KHON2 received numerous calls and e-mails about a balloon flying high over Oahu and Molokai. “Around 10 this morning up Maunalani ...

All you need is a big weather balloon, some helium ... and with richer detail than a satellite. SEE ALSO: The 2017 total solar eclipse will be livestreamed from 100,000 feet John Flaig, a ...

News headlines recently that told of cutbacks at the National Weather Service included stories about the reduction in the amount of weather balloons that would be launched here in the ...

The federal agency has used these balloons to record weather data from the upper atmosphere since ... amount of moisture,” he said. “If the satellite is good but off by a couple of degrees or a little ...

Weather balloons are typically launched twice a day from 100 stations across the country. They fly up to 100,000 feet high, gathering critical data about the upper atmosphere used in weather ...

Weather balloons are a weather tool that has been used by the National Weather Service since the 1930s. Fact sheet about weather balloons These balloons carry what's called a radiosonde, which ...

The federal agency has used these balloons to record weather data from the upper atmosphere ... amount of moisture,” he said. “If the satellite is good but off by a couple of degrees or ...