Weather or sounding balloon is released from earth and drives above the planetary boundary level to collect and send back information on atmospheric pressure, temperature, humidity and wind speed. It is a device that speaks to the history of forecasting and is still used today.

There is an inherent human desire to know what’s coming embedded in weather prediction and data collection. The sky is moving one way, while  we are rooted on the ground, in space and time….asking...What’s it gunna be tomorrow “

-The Weather Machine, author Andrew Blum