Yesterday we noticed a weather balloon which appeared to be fully
expanded slightly to the east of Moriarty. It appeared to move slightly
to the west as the day wore on and, when I landed at 5:30, it was
perhaps 20 to the west of Moriarty. Winds up to about 16,000' MSL were
out of the west at about 13 kts. I wonder at what altitude the wind
shifted approximately 180 degrees.
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Dan, 5J

On Sunday, September 18, 2016 at 8:25:44 AM UTC-6, Dan Marotta wrote:
> Yesterday we noticed a weather balloon which appeared to be fully
> expanded slightly to the east of Moriarty. It appeared to move slightly
> to the west as the day wore on and, when I landed at 5:30, it was
> perhaps 20 to the west of Moriarty. Winds up to about 16,000' MSL were
> out of the west at about 13 kts. I wonder at what altitude the wind
> shifted approximately 180 degrees.
> --
> Dan, 5J

Don't know but the balloon was at 128,000 ft. according to a friend of mine that researched it yesterday.

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At 16:12 18 September 2016, Mike C wrote:
>On Sunday, September 18, 2016 at 8:25:44 AM UTC-6, Dan Marotta wrote:
>> Yesterday we noticed a weather balloon which appeared to be fully
>> expanded slightly to the east of Moriarty. It appeared to move slightly

>> to the west as the day wore on and, when I landed at 5:30, it was
>> perhaps 20 to the west of Moriarty. Winds up to about 16,000' MSL were

>> out of the west at about 13 kts. I wonder at what altitude the wind
>> shifted approximately 180 degrees.
>> --
>> Dan, 5J
>
>Don't know but the balloon was at 128,000 ft. according to a friend of
mine
>that researched it yesterday.
>
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>Dan, Mike...the ballon was south of Aztec at 1930hrs very bright and high.