Science Cafe

Weathering the Storm - Questions – Part 4
Air Date: 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:

• Tornados in South Dakota
• F-scale
• Forecasting
• Storm chasing
• Alerts: watches and warnings
• Wind (Wind chill calculator)

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