LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - Weather balloons play a crucial role in helping meteorologists gather detailed information about our atmosphere. They are launched twice daily from nearly 900 sites worldwide, ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — With the tropics heating up in the Atlantic and multiple storms off shore, the National Weather Service is boosting the number of weather balloon launches to improve the accuracy ...

Kids and balloons are a classic. Saturday morning, the pairing reached new heights with a heavy dose of science in tow that nobody minded as area 4-Hers partnered with the geography, meteorology and ...

A weather balloon may have cracked the windshield of a United Airlines flight last week, forcing it to divert to Salt Lake City, a weather balloon company said. Transportation officials said they were ...

WASHINGTON — The National Transportation Safety Board said on Tuesday that a weather balloon may be responsible for cracking the windshield of a United Airlines jet at 36,000 feet, prompting an ...

A United Airlines plane appears to have collided with a weather balloon while cruising over Utah at 36,000 feet last week, fracturing layers of its windshield and forcing an emergency landing. A rare ...

Lucas, a 4th grader at Sugar Creek Consolidated Elementary school, found a National Weather Service Weather Balloon in a tree ...

Students from Piedmont Elementary School launched a weather balloon on Friday afternoon. “This is one of the biggest highlights of the year for these kids,” said Piedmont Science and 5 th Grade ...