@windbornewx.bsky.social
Creating weather certainty. We fuse unparalleled data from our constellation of smart, long-duration sensing balloons with state-of-the-art AI forecasts.
What if better weather forecasts came from backyard balloon launches and AI? @windbornewx.bsky.social balloons collect 30x more data than gov. balloons, allowing the company to better predict extreme weather just when we need it most. Ben Tracy reports.
Full video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZzb...
Launch site checklist:
- 1 shipping container
- 1 hardware store run
- 1 highly competent launch operator
- 2 foot instruments (maraca and custom foot tambourine) to celebrate a successful setup
And just like that, Norman has a @windbornewx.bsky.social balloon launch site! We got a good sample of the cold front that passed through overnight. Looking forward to getting lots of good soundings from OK, esp. on severe weather days.
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"As we’ve flown balloons closer and closer to tropical cyclones, we’ve noticed that there’s a thin layer of convergence in the upper troposphere, between approximately 8 to 10 kilometers in altitude." - John Little
Read more about how we flew our GSBs into Hurricane Henriette on our blog.
Good morning! Have you tried reaching out to the team via: windbornesystems.com/contact
14.08.2025 15:32 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0You didn’t ask for it but we figured we’d deliver - footage and sounds from our Puerto Rico launch site team
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GSB Constellation Growth 101:
Have a stellar team willing to travel the distance, embrace the heat, & establish 2 new launch sites within a week
Welcome to the family - Puerto Rico & Hawaii
so say we all! 🎈
Here’s a video from today’s summer community launch. Special shoutout to everyone who showed up!
Into weather? In the Bay?
Come out on Wednesday for our Summer Community Launch 🫶🏻
RSVP on Luma - lu.ma/s4cb49va
Can balloons and AI crack the weather? WindBorne thinks so. My latest piece for Core Memory covers NOAA’s perils, climate change chaos, and one company’s big bet to full-stack the weather forecast.
open.substack.com/pub/ashleeva...
From launching weather balloons out of a beat-up Subaru to outperforming European weather models by 37% 📈
Read about how we built WindBorne into the future of weather prediction (spoiler: AI + really good balloons)
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/13/b...
@nytimes.com @noaa.gov
Q: "How far in advance can you spot a record-setting East-Coast heat wave, and how steady is your signal run-to-run?”
A:
* WeatherMesh-4 showed a consistent signal for above normal temps 15 days out
* IFS mean begins a consistent sig ~13 days
* AIFS and GEFS mean begins a consistent sig ~11 days
Interested in what we do and how we build it? Check out our manufacturing video on yt: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Lc2...
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