NLR Forecasters Release Weather Balloons To Track Hurricane Ivan
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
Weather balloons from North
Little Rock are being used to forecast the path of Hurricane Ivan
while it`s still south of Cuba.
Ivan is the first Category Five storm to enter the Gulf of
Mexico in decades. John Robinson said the weather balloons from
Arkansas will go thousands of feet into the atmosphere today to
track the storm`s path.
The balloons register areas of high pressure, which force
hurricanes to turn. The forecasters then can determine where they
think the storm will head.
The large, dull beige balloons gather temperature, humidity and
pressure data. The balloons can expand to larger than a railroad
box car before bursting.
