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Staff Sgt. Michael E. Fitch and Sgt. Jonathan Macdonald, meteorology oceanography analyst forecasters, assist Sgt. Travis W. Patton, a meteorology oceanography analyst forecaster, with filling a weather balloon with helium here Oct. 19. Weather balloons expand to approximately 300-grams but can expand up to the size of a small house before it bursts, which may happen at 70,000 feet above sea level. With the technology shrinking, Rawinsonde are easier to carry and launch. While deployed, Rawinsonde are used more often and may be the only source of weather information available. The new technology is still on back order for fleet bases but the new equipment hasn’t had any major problems or defects arise since its release in the field.
| Date Taken: | 10.19.2011 |
| Date Posted: | 11.09.2011 00:08 |
| Photo ID: | 485902 |
| VIRIN: | 111019-M-GU618-099 |
| Resolution: | 2816x1880 |
| Size: | 1.15 MB |
| Location: | IWAKUNI, YAMAGUCHI, JP |
| Web Views: | 24 |
| Downloads: | 2 |
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