Airborne soundings

Airborne soundings involve using instruments, often attached to weather balloons, to collect data about the atmosphere's conditions as they ascend through it. These instruments measure variables like temperature, humidity, pressure, and wind speed at different altitudes. The collected information helps meteorologists understand weather patterns, monitor storms, and improve forecasts. The process provides a vertical profile of the atmosphere, much like taking a core sample, offering insights into the current state and behavior of weather systems from the surface to high altitudes.