Balloon launch provides real-time data as severe weather threatens the Brazos Valley ...

A tech enthusiast named Blinry took a week-long dive into the world of software defined radio (SDR), discovering the invisible universe of electromagnetic signals surrounding us. Using a $30 USB ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Today is National Weatherperson's Day, celebrated on Feb. 5 because that's when John Jeffries was born 282 years ago. Jeffries was ...

On Feb. 25, 1942, Los Angeles lit up the night sky in a suspected air raid. Later reviews suggest a weather balloon likely triggered the chaos.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — With the tropics heating up in the Atlantic and multiple storms off shore, the National Weather Service is boosting the number of weather balloon launches to improve the accuracy ...

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 ...

As Western North Carolinians braced for an incoming winter storm last week, professor Doug Miller and his students in the University of North Carolina Asheville’s Department of Atmospheric Sciences ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – My friend Steve McLaughlin and I both graduated from the SUNY Brockport meteorology program years ago. While I went into a career in broadcast meteorology, Steve joined the National ...

A weather balloon may be responsible for cracking the windshield of a United Airlines plane that was forced to divert to Salt Lake City last week. The aircraft was traveling from Denver to Los Angeles ...

A rogue weather balloon was revealed in a new report to be the mystery object that smashed into a United Airlines jet last month, shattering the windshield and showering the cockpit in glass as the ...