This may surprise you, but weather balloons launched by the National Weather Service are one of the most critical elements in the creation of weather forecasts, and they have been since the 1930s. But ...

FORT WORTH, Texas — The National Weather Service in Fort Worth is responsible for forecasting the weather across all North and Central Texas. Part of the responsibility includes launching weather ...

A simple balloon launch delivers a three-dimensional snapshot of the atmosphere that helps keep people on the ground informed and safe.

OVERTON — This time it really was a weather balloon. A radiosonde, launched via balloon by the National Weather Service North Platte, was recovered southeast of Overton earlier this month.

Meteorology may not seem like an eco-unfriendly field, but it does need to clean up its act in at least one way. A new high-tech glider could help it do so, by allowing single-use ...

Forecasting the weather is sometimes like trying to predict a person's mood: invisible, complicated, and always changing. However, we have special tools that can help forecasters know what mood Mother ...