Showers and Thunderstorms Persist of Florida; Unsettled Pattern Returns to Hawaii

A cold front lingering over Florida will continue to bring showers and thunderstorms to the state and a flash flooding threat to the east coast over the next couple of days. Fire weather concerns are expected in portions of the Florida panhandle into southeastern Georgia. A Kona Low is expected to bring strong winds, widespread heavy rainfall, and flooding concerns to Hawaii through the weekend. Read More >

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:

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Showers and Thunderstorms Persist of Florida; Unsettled Pattern Returns to Hawaii

First Person Perspective Upper-Air Launch

Example output from our most recent sounding: