GRAY, Maine — Weather balloon launches are essential to weather forecasting. They are launched all over the country, mainly ...

Currently, the U.S. operates about 100 weather balloon sites, where balloons are launched into ... for 6 months to the NWS to help fill in the data gap that will now exist in western Alaska. “We are ...

Locals and interstate visitors have been treated to an eye-catching view of Canberra's annual Balloon Spectacular over ...

"It's important the balloon be filled approximately the same volume every launch so it goes up to the atmosphere at the same rate," said lead engineer for the Center for Western Weather and Water ...

Scotts Bluff County, Neb. - The Old West Balloon Fest has been awarded host duties for the next three US National Hot Air ...

The Balloon Federation of America (BFA) announced Friday that the U.S. National Hot Air Championships will return to the Old ...

The company's fleet of eight-, 12- and 16-passenger hot air balloons carries travelers annually across Central Serengeti (and seasonally through the Western Corridor and Southern Serengeti ...

This weekend, you might see hundreds of hot air balloons floating through the sky in Hunterdon County. It's a spectacle of sorts as you'll find sporty hot air balloons, ones shaped like aliens and ...

As Staffing Cuts at NWS Lead to Suspended Weather Balloon Launches in Western Alaska, WindBorne Systems Steps Up to Fill Atmospheric Data Gaps Following the announcement from the National Weather ...