Mike Peregrine
EF5
This is weird. This past weekend a friend of mine was asking all about weather balloons and radiosondes. He was curious about how the process worked - - - whether the NWS still sends up balloons, where they end up, etc. So I went into this big explanation ... it's the first time I even remember someone really being curious about weather balloons. Then yesterday, someone else I work with came in and handed me a radiosonde that fell into his back yard over the weekend. I wonder ... what are the odds? I never have any reason to talk about weather balloons ... and then, when the opportunity does come up, I end up with one in my possession the next day? I feel like I'm on an episode of Lost. The cool thing is that the battery pack wasn't removed, and the moisture evidently caused the battery to rupture, which then fell apart in my hands and got acid all over my clothes and floor mat. That's nice.
When I emailed EAX, Evan told me that they are lucky to maybe see one or two of these things returned to them every year ... but in the last three weeks, three of them have been recovered in the EAX coverage area that have been returned. These all likely come out of TOP, which is the closest office to launch.
When I emailed EAX, Evan told me that they are lucky to maybe see one or two of these things returned to them every year ... but in the last three weeks, three of them have been recovered in the EAX coverage area that have been returned. These all likely come out of TOP, which is the closest office to launch.