Weathering the Storm - Questions – Part 3

Science Cafe - 05/04/2011

SDPB talked weather at the Science Café on Wednesday, May 4, in Watertown. Guest scientist Dave Hintz from the National Weather Service fascinated and awed the crowd with his discussion of severe weather in our state.

Topics covered in this segment:

• 2011 forecast model
• Forecasting/ predicting weather
• Devastating tornados in southern US
• Weather radio
• Rain gauge (make your own)
• Community Collaborative Rain, Hail, and Snow (CoCoRaHS) Network
• Weather reporting by public
• Official weather reporting

(The event was sponsored by Johnson Appraisal, Inc., Watertown, National Weather Service, The Goss Opera House, and SDPB Education & Outreach.)

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