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 ...

The US National Weather Service will merge two of its largest forecasting units as it prepares for the loss of as many as ...

The National Weather Service has reduced or suspended weather balloon launches at eleven locations due to staffing shortages. Weather balloons collect vital atmospheric data used to predict severe ...

Don and Brian Cleaver are the father-and-son team from Toms River who launched a Jersey Shore aeronautical adventure into the ...

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 ...

staffing shortages at nearly a dozen National Weather Service offices will mean fewer weather balloon launches. Last week, eight additional National Weather Service offices joined the growing list ...

STERLING, VA-OCTOBER 1:Meteorologist, Carrie Suffern Prepares to Release the Weather Balloon at ... More National Weather Service Headquarters on October 1, 2012 in Sterling Virginia(Photo by ...

Staffing shortages at nearly a dozen National Weather Service offices will mean fewer weather balloon launches. NEXT Weather Meteorologist Adam Del Rosso explains how that could impact your ...

Having no balloon launches from Omaha means meteorologists get less information. But, during dangerous weather situations, the National Weather Service says sites with suspended or reduced balloon ...