Question: I heard the NWS is suspending some radiosonde launches. Are these important to aviation? Answer: With the recent government staffing cuts throughout the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...

An instrument called a radiosonde — which is about the size of a juice box — is attached to the balloon to measure pressure, temperature and relative humidity as it ascends into the atmosphere.

The radiosonde is tracked with GPS, and that also allows wind direction and speed to be determined at each level of the atmosphere. A radiosonde weighs less than a pound and climbs very quickly, ...

That radiosonde collects data such as temperature, dew point, wind speed and pressure in the upper levels of the atmosphere. Get top local stories delivered to you every morning with NBC DFW's ...

There has been a lot of curiosity about what exactly is flying over us in the sky. ABC7 meteorologist Drew Tuma explains what weather balloons do.

National Weather Service branches around the US launch two weather balloons every day, sometimes three. This adds up to more ...

Radiosonde data is a crucial piece of the forecast puzzle: Forecast models used by the National Hurricane Center depend on upper-air data to initialize their forecasts every six hours.

The radiosonde is attached to a balloon that is filled with hydrogen, and launched near the Davenport Municipal Airport. It is equipped with GPS tracking to calculate the wind speed and direction ...

Meteorology may not seem like an eco-unfriendly field, but it does need to clean up its act in at least one way. A new high-tech glider could help it do so, by allowing single-use weather-balloon ...

Chandigarh will soon get a radiosonde system at India Meteorological Department’s station in Sector 39 that will help improve fog forecasts for the region. This, along with other new weather ...