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Weather balloon — and student volunteer at NWS Weather Forecast Office, Riverton, Wyoming, USA … Wikipedia
weather balloon — Meteorol. See sounding balloon. [1935 40] * * * ˈweather balloon 7 [weather balloon] noun a ↑balloon that carries instruments into the atmosphere to measure weather conditions … Useful english dictionary
weather balloon — noun a balloon equipped with meteorological apparatus which is sent into the atmosphere to provide information about the weather … English new terms dictionary
weather balloon — noun a balloon that carries meteorological instruments aloft in order to measure, record and return data concerning atmospheric pressure, temperature and humidity Syn … Wiktionary
Weather forecasting — weather forecaster redirects here. For other uses, see Weatherman (disambiguation). Forecast of surface pressures five days into the future for the north Pacific, North America, and north Atlantic ocean. Weather forecasting is the application of… … Wikipedia
Weather radar — in Norman, Oklahoma with rainshaft … Wikipedia
Weather buoy — operated by the NOAA National Data Buoy Center Weather buoys are instruments which collect … Wikipedia
Balloon boy hoax — The balloon boy hoax occurred on October 15, 2009 in Fort Collins, Colorado, when Richard and Mayumi Heene allowed a gas balloon filled with helium to float away into the atmosphere, and then claimed that their six year old son Falcon was inside… … Wikipedia
weather vane — Synonyms and related words: April showers, Proteus, aerological instrument, anemograph, anemometer, anemometrograph, anemoscope, aneroid barometer, aneroidograph, barograph, barometer, barometrograph, chameleon, cloud shapes, cock, feeler, glass … Moby Thesaurus
balloon — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. aerostat, blimp; free, sounding, kite, pilot, or dirigible balloon; fire balloon, montgolfier. See aviation. v. i. swell. See convexity. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. dirigible, aircraft, airship, weather… … English dictionary for students
