Wetumpka High students launch, recover weather balloon

High school students are getting smarter.

The Wetumpka High School weather balloon team launched a balloon and cargo in Wetumpka. As the winds shifted at the various levels of the atmosphere so did their projections of where it would land. Early Friday morning it was predicted to go to Alexander City. By launch time at Hoenberg Field, winds had shifted some and the landing zone was predicted to be Opelika Middle School. Just over two hours later in Opelika less than three miles from the middle school the balloon landed.