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This page is provided as general information for the public as a service of Balloon Flying Service of Oregon. This data is posted daily at about 4:30 AM.

The data posted comes from the Meteorological Observatory located in Salem Oregon. This observatory is manned and the data collected by Balloon Flying Service of Oregon under contract to the National Weather Service. This data is "official" NWS readings and is posted as informational ONLY and does not precede the need for an FAA briefing as per FAR's

Altitude Direction Speed Temp. Humidity
1,000 ft 347 2 15.0 63%
2,000 ft 56 4 16.0 61%
3,000 ft 70 6 15.3 54%
4,000 ft 102 8 14.5 52%
5,000 ft 110 9 12.4 56%
6,000 ft 133 9 10.4 55%
7,000 ft 159 11 8.2 62%
8,000 ft 183 12 5.9 49%
9,000 ft 203 12 3.5 63%
10,000ft 215 16 1.7 57%
**NOTE** "M" is missing data

Freezing Level was at 10,600 feet

Sunrise today, 5/31/2006, is 5:29 AM at Salem OR.


This data was posted at 4:30 AM PDT.

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