WASHINGTON (AP) — With massive job cuts, the National Weather Service is eliminating or reducing vital weather balloon ...

With massive job cuts, the National Weather Service is eliminating or reducing vital weather balloon launches in eight ...

Weather balloons are an “essential piece of the forecasting system.” But there will be fewer of them in tornado season this ...

GRAY, Maine (WMTW) - Some weather balloon launches at the National Weather Service forecast office in Gray, Maine, have been suspended due to a lack of staffing. In a statement, the director of ...

Nearly nude save for a tiny blue bikini, Balloon Kim was there to advertise the new swimsuit collection launched by Ms. Kardashian’s fashion line, Skims. Balloon Kim held court from an elevated ...

A large balloon used by U.S. Customs and Border Protection for surveillance along the Texas border that broke free on Monday, and traveled about 600 miles (966 kilometers) miles to the north as ...

After the balloon launch, I help the base weather team input data in their office, a small three-roomed building filled ... shed that allows the weather team to fill up the balloons with helium ...

"Helium tends to escape at ambient conditions very easily; everyone has seen an inflatable balloon wither and sink. So, we needed a way to avoid this when taking our measurements," he said.