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`Nearly 200 people from the community attended the first annual Weather Awareness Day on Sunday, April 5, which was sponsored by the Community Outreach Committee and the Millersville University chapter of the American Meteorology Society.
Students and Jim Kurdzo, the local AMS chapter president, were asked to come up with a spring activity that would involve the community.
That started that planning for the event.
Activities were scheduled throughout the day, including a green screen, which allowed children to watch themselves on a television screen while giving a weather report.
Many of the graphics for the forecast were produced by WGAL-8.
Senior Daniel Johnson helps test a green screen for kids at Weather Awareness day. Photo by Christian Shuts.
Local weather companies also participated in the event, including WeatherBug, the State College office of the National Weather Service and WeatherTrends.
“Since the event was geared toward kids we didn’t have too many MU student at the event,” Student Matt Potter said. “Maybe next year when we do this event we can have stuff for MU students.”
Families were educated on the use of weather instruments, while having fun at a trivia contest booth and participating in weather related experiments.
“The event is beneficial to the community because it gave them a chance to experience what the field of meteorology is, and it was a great event to come to for those who are interested in our field,” Potter said. “The event came at a great time because of the tornado that touched down recently and our event drew in a couple that came from the same township that had the tornado.”