ST. LOUIS – Before severe storms strike, meteorologists depend on information gathered by weather balloons to better diagnose what’s going on in the atmosphere. But recent budget cuts and staffing ...
When staffing shortages caused the National Weather Service (NWS) to suspend weather balloon launches at its Kotzebue, Alaska, station earlier this year, a startup deploying next-generation weather ...
This story originally appeared on Inside Climate News and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. When staffing shortages caused the National Weather Service (NWS) to suspend weather balloon ...