The National Weather Service is temporarily grounding weather balloons in New York and Maine due to staffing shortages. These ...

The National Weather Service isn't providing details about how staffing shortages will affect its Maine operations, but staff meteorologists said the interruption of weather balloon launches at one of ...

Within hours of the news, forecasters at news outlets throughout the country decried the decision, saying that it would ...

GRAY, Maine — Weather balloon launches are essential to weather forecasting. They are launched all over the country, mainly ...

Without an outcry from fishermen, scientists and anyone who needs an accurate weather forecast, the National Oceanographic ...

The National Weather Service says an outbreak of severe storms could spawn tornadoes, heavy snow and high winds.

Two U.S. offices within the National Weather Service are suspending some of their weather balloon launches in the first changes to forecasting since reported layoffs within the agency.

Essential weather balloon launches have been intermittently suspended at National Weather Service in Gray because of apparent ...

In a statement, the director of the NWS surface and upper air division said the suspension is effective immediately and will ...