Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1926-07-09 | Page 8 | Balloons to Reveal Will be Established in Salt Lake

BALLOONS TO REVEAL WINDS Air Data Dala Station WillBe Will WillBe WillBe Be Established In Salt alt Lake SALT LAKE LAIE July 3 A 9 A balloon observation elation tallon toe for the benefit or of mall pilots photo will be b Installed In Salt Lake Loke 11 la the tho near future ThU III be one of or two twenty-two stations to be established across the coun coup country try which will III take lake balloon ob- ob oh twice dally Jolly to 10 o determine wind velocities and directions at atthe atthe the tho different altitudes Observations ns are aro expected to start In 10 about abot three weeks The Tho balloons which are arc about two feet teet In diameter will have no strings or other attachments on them the data desired 1 being obtained simply by noting the th variations from I per r- r it t the end of or regular Intervals Uter Iter releasing The measurements measurement are taken b by means or of a 0 On clear dear das da's day transparent which re- re refract retract re refract tract the rays rats of ot the sun un makin a white disa are used and on cloudy days colored balloons lire are used Some Sometimes the balloons are observed forI tor as far t r as twenty miles but the th tf ordinary distance necessary for tor observations observation to bl be continued Is m miles e