Today is National Weatherperson's Day, celebrated on Feb. 5 because that's when John Jeffries was born 282 years ago.

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

WASHINGTON — The National Transportation Safety Board said on Tuesday that a weather balloon may be responsible for cracking the windshield of a United Airlines jet at 36,000 feet, prompting an ...

UNC Asheville deployed a weather balloon ahead of Winter Storm Fern to help the National Weather Service and broadcast ...

A mysterious object that cracked a windshield on a United Airlines flight, injuring a pilot and forcing an emergency landing, may have been a weather balloon.WindBorne, a California start-up focused ...

The weather balloon is launched twice a day, everyday around the country and the world. It gives us critical information for ...

Students from Piedmont Elementary School launched a weather balloon on Friday afternoon. “This is one of the biggest highlights of the year for these kids,” said Piedmont Science and 5 th Grade ...

A weather balloon may have cracked the windshield of a United Airlines flight last week, forcing it to divert to Salt Lake City, a weather balloon company said. Transportation officials said they were ...

There’s an interesting development in amateur ballooning: using so-called superpressure balloons, which float high in the ...