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Origin of weather balloon

First recorded in 1935–40

Words nearby weather balloon

weasel word, weasel words, weather, weatherability, weather advisory, weather balloon, weather-beaten, weatherboard, weatherboarding, weather-bound, weathercast

How to use weather balloon in a sentence

Let’s examine temperature data, shown below, from a weather balloon that sampled the atmosphere at Dulles International Airport on Wednesday evening, hours before the precipitation began.
Sleet vs. snow: The reason behind Thursday’s icy mess|Jeffrey Halverson|February 19, 2021|Washington Post
In fact, the routine weather balloon release at Dulles Airport revealed its presence Wednesday night.
Why our snow forecast missed the mark Thursday morning|Jason Samenow|February 18, 2021|Washington Post
The balloons fall under a category of use called “lifting applications” which includes party balloons, blimps, and weather balloons, among others, which together comprise less than 10 percent of global helium consumption, according to Kornbluth.
The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade has one star that always rises to the top|Erik Olsen|November 25, 2020|Popular-Science
Frustrating as regulars find these fair-weather exercise interlopers, they were also all beginners once, he says.
How to Survive the New Year ‘Gympocalypse’|Tim Teeman|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST

That ground hold was to stop you flying through weather that could kill you and everyone else aboard.
Annoying Airport Delays Might Prevent You From Becoming the Next AirAsia 8501|Clive Irving|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Did the airline file a flight plan that took account of the weather en route from Surabaya, Indonesia, to Singapore?
Annoying Airport Delays Might Prevent You From Becoming the Next AirAsia 8501|Clive Irving|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
These days weather should never cause a commercial airliner to crash.
Annoying Airport Delays Might Prevent You From Becoming the Next AirAsia 8501|Clive Irving|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The pilot asked air-traffic control for permission to climb from 32,000 to 38,000 feet to avoid the bad weather.
Wreckage, Bodies of AirAsia Crash Found|Lennox Samuels|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In the drawing-room things went on much as they always do in country drawing-rooms in the hot weather.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
Blamed ef I'd lived in a country all my life, ef I wouldn't know better'n to git caught out in such weather's this!
Ramona|Helen Hunt Jackson
An old weather-beaten bear-hunter stepped forward, squirting out his tobacco juice with all imaginable deliberation.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
That the weather being calm, he rowed round me several times, observed my windows and wire-lattices that defenced them.
Gulliver's Travels|Jonathan Swift
Decomposition sets in rapidly, especially in warm weather, and greatly interferes with all the examinations.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd

Scientific definitions for weather balloon

weather balloon

A balloon used to carry instruments aloft to gather meteorological data in the atmosphere. Weather balloons are tracked by radar, Global Positioning System, or theodolites. The balloon itself usually contains devices to measure temperature, pressure and humidity, although it can contain specialized devices to measure the ozone in the ozone layer. Filled with hydrogen or helium gas, weather balloons can reach 35 km (22 mi) in altitude before disintegrating due to the decreased pressure of the lower stratosphere.