December 25, 2011

Go Into The Storm With Tim Samaras

Tim Samaras (Discovery)
Mark your calenders weather enthusiasts.  On January 10 at 7:00 PM Tim Samaras from the Discovery Channel hit series Storm Chasers will conduct a presentation on extreme weather at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College.  The event will be held in The McGarvey Commons in the Reed Union Building on campus.  Admission is free and open to the public. Before the show starts, local Meteorologist Jason Berry  from WJET-TV will present on tornado research at 6:00 PM in the same room.  All are encouraged to attend that event. 

2009 TWISTEX Group (Wikipedia)
Samaras is head of the research experiment called TWISTEX.  One objective of TWISTEX is to gain more knowledge about the internal tornado environment near the surface.  Samaras designed a probe that senses pressure drops in tornadoes.  Called the "turtle" probe, Samaras successfully launched one of them in the center of a tornado in 2003 and recorded a record 100 millibar drop in pressure inside the tornado.  Findings like this will help lead to better understanding of tornadoes.

Information about this event can be found at Jason Berry's Stormtracker webpage or at Penn State Behrend's webpage.
Contact Jason Berry @ jberry@wjettv.com if you have any questions regarding this event. 

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