Show robot balloons may alay be weather forecasters WASH washington INGTON little robot balloons rising 6 high into the stratosphere to an and d sending back to earth automatic short wave radio signals are the latest possible aids to knowing what the weather will be two weeks in the future dr C G abbot secretary of the smithsonian smithsonian institution washington known for his studies on solar variations told scientists here recently that more accurate and more continuous day to day observations of solar radiation will allow forecasting of some features of the wea weather ther two weeks in advance for the new method of weather forecasting an extension of the present solar radiation observations of the smithsonian institution will be needed at present there are three observatories on high mountain peaks in desert regions 11 if financial support can be obtained for adding seven observatories to those now operating the necessary weather forecasting information will be obtained |