Weather Balloon launch

Due to helium needed to launch the balloon, Octantis can only do 1 weather balloon launch a week. Pretty neat to watch science in action.

Site to track daily global weather balloon launches in real-time: https://sondehub.org

Weather ballon needs to connect to a land based active antenna to appear. Unfortunately the 2 in Antarctica were off at the time, but the team is still able to share the data with NOAA.

Data collected:
Temperature (F)
Humidity (%)
Pressure (hPa)
Wind Speed (meters per sec)
Wind Direction (degree)Read more