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 ...

A simple balloon launch delivers a three-dimensional snapshot of the atmosphere that helps keep people on the ground informed and safe.

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The weather balloon is launched twice a day, everyday around the country and the world. It gives us critical information for weather forecasting.

A special exemption allowed a NASA-funded weather balloon to launch as planned Oct. 1, despite the ongoing government shutdown that began that day. But news about the balloon, and an exoplanet-hunting ...

A middle school STEM club in Seabrook launched four high-altitude weather balloons with student-built equipment. The balloons, intended to stay aloft for two days, were brought down by bad weather ...