Do you know what a weather balloon is? Do you know how valuable they are to forecasting? Join us as we discuss why launching weather balloons is so important. Special guests coming on will be Thomas Winesett from US National Weather Service Jackson Mississippi, Carl Barnes of US National Weather Service Charleston SC and Nick Fillo of US National Weather Service Blacksburg VA. Topics to be discussed:- What is a weather balloon? - What is it filled with and what does it carry?- Type of data it transmits- How the data is used- How it helps forecasting efforts- How high up do they actually go?- Where do they all fall?