715Newsroom.com
03:44 pm
08 June 2025
  • Home
  • WHO WE ARE
  • WHAT YOU HEARD
    • LOCAL NEWS
  • WHERE YOU HEARD IT
  • HOW TO GET IN TOUCH
  • NEWS MAKERS PODCAST
  • 715 Forever Home Follow-Ups
  • Home
  • WHO WE ARE
  • WHAT YOU HEARD
    • LOCAL NEWS
  • WHERE YOU HEARD IT
  • HOW TO GET IN TOUCH
  • NEWS MAKERS PODCAST
  • 715 Forever Home Follow-Ups

Balloon’s Popped at National Weather Service

News | March 22, 2025 | 0 | by Morgan McCarthy
Balloon’s Popped at National Weather Service

Weather balloon launches are being cut in half by the National Weather Service. 

Weather balloons are resource that tell forecasters about atmospheric pressure, temperature, wind speeds and other critical information.  A NWS official said the temporary setbacks are part of the hundreds of employees that were laid off by DOGE last month.  Some say that the lack of accurate data can negatively impact timely weather forecasting and possibly the ability to warn the public of dangerous weather conditions. Officials said it’ll impact six cities and will work with special observations on an as needed basis.

About the Author

Morgan McCarthy

Let's talk.
View all posts by Morgan McCarthy →
Previous
Logging Off: “Quitting the Internet” Comes to UWRF Campus
Next
It’s Getting Drafty in Here

Related Posts

  • Traffic Stop Leads to OWI

    Traffic Stop Leads to OWI

  • New Purple Heart Hwy. Designation in Winnebago County

    New Purple Heart Hwy. Designation in Winnebago County

  • WI Honors WWII Veteran

    WI Honors WWII Veteran

  • On This Day…

    On This Day…

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

EMAIL YOU THE NEWS?

Where we’re at and when:

Address
944 Harlem Street  Altoona, WI. 54720

Hours
News happens all the time, right?

Looking for something? Type it here and let’s see what we can find.

About This Site

This is a place where you can learn about what is happening in the Chippewa Valley and beyond.

Get news and more…In a way that doesn’t put you to sleep.

Life is hard.

Staying up to date should be easy.

the 715 newsroom is:

LIVE and LOCAL.

Hooray radio!

You can hear us every day on these Midwest Family Broadcasting stations:

  • WAXX 104.5 (Country types)
  • I-94 The “Cool Mom”station
  • 98.1 Greatest Hits
  • 92.9 THE X (Rock Types)
  • 105.1 Sports Talk

 

We love radio. We love what we do and we hope you do too.