Storm Impacting the Southwest U.S.

A slow moving weather disturbance will continue to bring periodic rain showers, a few isolated thunderstorms, and a localized flash flooding across the Southwest. The threat will expand into the Southern Plains Wednesday night. Moderate to heavy snow across the Sierra Nevada and southern Utah Ranges will continue into the overnight period. Read More >

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Recently, we recorded an upper-air launch at our office. Much of the edited video is from a first person perspective, giving unique insight into how our meteorologists launch the weather balloon. It was breezy the day the radiosonde was launched, adding some excitement to the mix.

We normally launch the balloon twice a day. The sounding, as it is called, is released around 4am/pm or 5am/pm depending on whether daylight savings time is in effect or not.

Example output from our most recent sounding:

Most recent sounding from KRAP Upper-Air site

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Storm Impacting the Southwest U.S.

First Person Perspective Upper-Air Launch

Example output from our most recent sounding: