Weather balloons are a basic tool in the weather forecasting service

Holding up a radiosonde, a weather instrument, and a weather balloon are John Pucheu and Van Reed. (Photos by Myra Miller)
Holding up a radiosonde, a weather instrument, and a weather balloon are John Pucheu and Van Reed. (Photos by Myra Miller)

A National Weather Service meteorologist spoke about weather balloons and the danger of lightning to Eunice Rotary Club members. Doug Cramer, of the Weather Service’s Lake Charles office, even brought a weather balloon to the Wednesday meeting. The weather balloons are a basic forecasting tool for meteorologists and are normally launched daily are soar up to 20 miles high. A latex balloon starts o…