National Weather Service Will Cut Rural Alaska Staff By Two-Thirds
![White and dark grey building next to snowy airstrip at Nome Airport.](https://knom.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/National-Weather-Service-Nome-Alaska-Building-Tyler-Stup-1200x800.jpg)
NWS is replacing manual weather balloon launches with Finnish-made automatic launchers in its 12 rural-Alaska weather stations.
NWS is replacing manual weather balloon launches with Finnish-made automatic launchers in its 12 rural-Alaska weather stations.