Why do we release white balloons when a typhoon strikes?

In the past two days, Typhoon No. 9 "Rishima" has also gradually strengthened, and is now moving towards Zhejiang Province, and is forecast to continue to strengthen. There are many cities affected by typhoons, and they are also trying their best to implement some safety measures for typhoons. Recently, a group of photos of meteorological workers have also attracted people's attention. What is the role of balloons during typhoons? Let's see.

The reporter went to the Meteorological Bureau and saw that in the evening, several meteorological staff were carrying giant balloons on rainy days, running against the wind to feed the big balloons. People pay attention to balloons during typhoon days. Many people don't know why. Such dangerous behavior during heavy storms confuses many people.

In fact, we also know that the balloons released by the staff are sounding balloons, which mainly allow meteorological workers to detect the temperature, air pressure, humidity, wind direction and wind speed at high altitudes. The Meteorological Bureau also requires that sounding balloons be released on time and accurately within the specified time every year, especially on typhoon days.

So we saw the staff running barefoot with a big white balloon in the rainstorm to detect weather conditions, so that we can broadcast weather forecasts in a timely and accurate manner and make more accurate decisions on some natural disasters in a timely manner preventive measures. Seeing this situation, I would like to express my respect to these staff on behalf of everyone. They also sacrifice a lot for our safety.