There are two critical pieces when launching a weather balloon: the balloon itself and a radiosonde.

A tornado outbreak near Kansas City, Kansas, on Monday night came as a surprise. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. At least three ...

GAYLORD, Michigan — On a blustery spring day here, dangerous thunderstorms are looming to the west across Minnesota and Wisconsin. John Boris, a National Weather Service meteorologist, is on duty to ...

Concord elementary school students from all four elementary schools launched weather balloons on Friday, learning a bit about ...

Staffing cuts forced the National Weather Service to cut early morning weather balloon launches. Then two tornado outbreaks this spring caught forecasters by surprise.

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 ...

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 ...

Two pilots ended up being covered in glass after a passenger jet collided with an apparent weather balloon at 36,000 feet, officials have said. On Thursday, Oct. 16, United Airlines flight 1039 had ...

LOS ANGELES - Thursday, Feb. 25, is the anniversary of the so-called Battle of Los Angeles, also known as the Great L.A. Air Raid, which took place in 1942. What turned out to be a very one-sided ...

A high altitude research balloon was spotted over the Albuquerque sky late Sunday night. The balloon was launched by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration from Fort Sumner.NASA launches ...

AUTHORITY TO PAUSE THE PROJECT. FIRE CREWS IN HUDSON HAD TO HELP GET A WEATHER BALLOON OUT OF A TREE. AN MIT RESEARCH TEAM CALLED FOR HELP SUNDAY AFTER ONE OF ITS BALLOONS GOT CAUGHT IN THE BRANCHES ...