NOAA staffing cuts have caused the indefinite suspension of radiosonde launches at three upper-air stations, with more expected. Radiosondes are balloon-borne instruments that measure atmospheric ...

This may surprise you, but weather balloons launched by the National Weather Service are one of the most critical elements in the creation of weather forecasts, and they have been since the 1930s. But ...

FORT WORTH, Texas — The National Weather Service in Fort Worth is responsible for forecasting the weather across all North and Central Texas. Part of the responsibility includes launching weather ...

Arctic trends of integrated water vapor were analyzed based on four reanalyses and radiosonde data over 1979–2016. Averaged over the region north of 70°N, the Arctic experiences a robust moistening ...

Forecasting the future is no easy task as a meteorologist, but it starts with something as simple as the balloon. It goes up, measures all different levels of the atmosphere to get the first ...

Researchers in Japan have demonstrated the high accuracy of their newly developed typhoon observation device, which is designed to drop from an aircraft into the eye of a typhoon. The results were ...