Did you find one? They’re landing all over NE Ohio
*The above video is about Purdue University’s eclipse weather balloon falling into Lake Erie*
ERIE COUNTY, Ohio (WJW) — One even landed on a front porch. An eclipse weather balloon, with atmospheric measurement devices, was found on a small cattle ranch in Berlin Heights Saturday, Elyria, and throughout Northeast Ohio,
University of Wyoming students drove 1,300 miles to Bluffton, Ohio, to be in the path of totality for the eclipse on April 8.
Top local wind gusts & see Lake Erie freighters seek safe harbor
The balloons were launched from Bluffton and rose to 110,000 feet before being landing with its parachute 110 miles away in Berlin Heights where it was found by Angie Catalano who sent pictures of the weather balloon to Fox 8 News.
Courtesy: Angie Catalano Courtesy: Tony Catalano Courtesy: Angie Catalano Courtesy: Angie Catalano Courtesy: Angie Catalano Courtesy: Angie Catalano
The students launched 32 weather balloons to take real time readings of temperature, wind, humidty and gravity waves to see how the shadow of the eclipse might impact those elements.
University of Wyoming Researcher Philip Bergmaier told Fox 8 News Saturday, the students’ research could help with future weather forecasting and furthers the study of eclipses.
Where to recycle your eclipse glasses
“It was a great opportunity for Wyoming students to get field work in Ohio,” he said.
Courtesy: University of Wyoming Courtesy: University of Wyoming Courtesy: University of Wyoming
The weather balloon devices are marked as, “harmless weather instrument,” and with “National Eclipse Weather Balloon.”
Partial apartment collapse from high winds in NE Ohio
The eclipse study is part of the University of Wyoming NASA Space Grant Consortium.
For more information about the Nationwide Eclipse Ballooning Project, you can click here.
For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to Fox 8 Cleveland WJW.
