Tucson Weather Balloons Back Online | Tucson News

Tucson’s weather forecasters are back in the balloon game—sort of. Since late January, their twice-daily weather balloon launches have been on hold, not because of helium shortages, but due to a logistical switch to smaller, safer tanks that required a complete overhaul of their storage and launch setup. While they’ve been relying on data from Phoenix and computer models, the missing real-time atmospheric snapshots are still sorely felt—especially for predicting monsoons and flash floods. But the fix is almost ready: new plumbing and storage systems are nearly complete, and soon, Tucson will be back to launching balloons twice a day, giving meteorologists the detailed data they need to keep us one step ahead of the weather. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/4bb1865a9a4d17a2