Weather balloons are an “essential piece of the forecasting system.” But there will be fewer of them in tornado season this ...

Meteorologists and former National Weather Service leaders say reducing vital weather balloon launches will degrade the ...

In a state with harsh weather and many industries that rely on accurate weather data and forecasts, the Trump ...

All 10 people on board were killed when the plane, flying in poor visibility, plunged into sea ice near Nome in February.

FOR years, meteorologists in Kotzebue, Alaska, launched weather balloons twice daily to collect data on wind speed, humidity ...

The Trump administration is pausing at least a handful of balloon launches that collect weather data in at least three ...

Federal cuts to the National Weather Service caused the termination, then tentative reinstatement, of a social scientist ...

Earlier this month, the agency had announced weather balloon cuts in Albany, New York and Gray, Maine, and in late February, it ended launches in Kotzebue, Alaska. That makes 11 announced sites ...