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Category: Weather Balloon

16 October 2023 Michael Riffle

Partial Solar Eclipse At NWS Birmingham

This past Saturday was the first of two solar eclipses that will cross the United

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3 July 2023 Michael Riffle

Balloon Bursting Bonanza

Thanks to a favorable weather pattern last week, I was able to capture telescopic views

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16 June 2023 Michael Riffle

Radiosonde Recovery #18

Another radiosonde from NWS Birmingham has been recovered in Harris county, you can read about

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2 April 2023 Michael Riffle

First Weather Balloon Burst of 2023

This morning’s NWS Birmingham weather balloon burst about 7 miles east of West Point at

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15 March 2023 Michael Riffle

Radiosonde Fly-By

This morning I got to see a radiosonde under parachute from my backyard! It landed

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22 January 2023 Michael Riffle

First Radiosonde Recovery of 2023

So far this year there have only been three radiosondes that have landed within twenty

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17 June 2022 Michael Riffle

Bursting Weather Balloons

Now that the jet stream has lifted north for the summer, the weather balloons launched

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17 April 2022 Michael Riffle

Sonde Tracker³

Sonde Tracker³ is a portable radiosonde tracking device I built using off-the-shelf components. It features

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5 April 2022 Michael Riffle

It’s raining radiosondes!

Today’s severe weather event saw at least 30 radiosonde flights over eastern Alabama and Georgia.

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8 December 2021 Michael Riffle

NWS Radiosonde Changes

The National Weather Service is in the midst of a sweeping radiosonde change at all

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