WASHINGTON, March 22 -- The National Weather Service (NWS), facing significant job reductions, is scaling back or eliminating weather balloon launches at eight northern locations.

Meteorologists and former agency leaders have expressed concern that this will diminish forecast accuracy, particularly as severe weather season approaches.

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Weather balloons, which are launched twice daily at around 100 locations, provide crucial data for forecasters and computer models, including temperature, humidity, wind speed, and barometric pressure. Cutting back on these launches is a poor decision, according to eight scientists, meteorologists, and former NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric...