The U.S. government is scaling back weather balloon launches. Here is why a weather balloon is such an important tool for weather forecasting.

Billionaire Elon Musk's DOGE cuts for the Trump administration have reduced weather balloon launches, diminishing the ability ...

At least 11 National Weather Service offices around the country have seen their twice-daily balloon launches to collect weather data either suspended or reduced in number as the service copes with ...

Weather balloon launches in Grand Junction have been limited to one per day. On March 20, the National Weather Service issued ...

Staffing shortages at nearly a dozen National Weather Service offices will mean fewer weather balloon launches.

the National Weather Service is eliminating or reducing vital weather balloon launches in eight northern locations, which meteorologists and former agency leaders said will degrade the accuracy of ...