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Weather Balloons?

Hey guys, I'm a newbie to this site and have basically joined up to get some help on a topic I have no idea about..

Weather balloons..I need to purchase one for a university project. Does anyone know where I can get one from and what kind of money I'm looking at?
I'm based in Wellington, so local would be good, however any supplier in NZ would be helpful.

I'd really appreciate any feedback you guys could offer!

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Re: Weather Balloons?

Hi there,

I remember finding UK suppliers for these things, but I've not yet heard of any NZ suppliers, let me take a look see what I can find.
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Re: Weather Balloons?

Meteorological Balloons, Weather Balloons, Pilot Balloons, Sounding Balloons

should be OK for starters. You may need to attach something though in the way of a radiosonde. This was one of the UK sites I was thinking of

totex meteorological weather balloon

Information on how its done properly can be found at Virtual Tour - Collecting meteorological data by Radiosonde - NWS Raleigh, NC
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Thanks for the help Grant
Really appreciated! Will try and find out how long delivery would take. It's a pity I can't find suppliers here in NZ
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NZ Metservice does Ballon releases from the back end of Paraparumu airport. Give them a call and see where they get theres from
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Yeah I was going to try and talk to the guys at Paraparaumu, but I need the balloon pretty soon, have ordered one in from America, pricing was ok, it's on it's way and I'm super excited!
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