
Severe Weather Special 2025
Special | 8m 15sVideo has Closed Captions
This special episode of News Quiz features stories designed to help students stay weather aware.
This special episode of News Quiz features stories designed to help students stay weather aware. The program features information about severe weather and wildfire watches and warnings, the differences between tornadoes and hurricanes, and the types of wind scientists might look at when determining a storm's strength.
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Severe Weather Special 2025
Special | 8m 15sVideo has Closed Captions
This special episode of News Quiz features stories designed to help students stay weather aware. The program features information about severe weather and wildfire watches and warnings, the differences between tornadoes and hurricanes, and the types of wind scientists might look at when determining a storm's strength.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship>> Hi and welcome to a special I'm your host, Kelsey Starks.
for you all about weather.
challenge question.
What is a scientist who studies our atmosphere called?
This is a person trained to to understand, predict... patterns.
They collect weather forecast, or predict what's the atmosphere affects the Can you name it?
What is a scientist who studies our atmosphere called?
While you think about that, these scientists... our friend explain some of those weather >> Thanks Kelsey, it's great to across the U.S. every year -- weather that blankets numerous Are aware when those weather watch or listen to local you may hear about weather These words should get your the weather situation.
Do you two terms?
A watch means that signs of winter weather, strong storms.
A watch means those situations occurred yet.
Now, warnings are more serious.
if ice or snow begins to or strong storm is actually There are watches and warnings well.
For these, people are on watches, or red flag warnings news is... thanks to radar and typically be issued in time for safe.
Kelsey Starks: >> Thanks Christie!
Now let's story, in the first part of Now let's go back to Christie Christie: >> One type of weather event tornado.
A tornado is a super can look like a big funnel It often starts inside a Tornadoes happen when warm air combines with cold air from the forming a funnel.
Winds from can pick up cars, trees and another type of spinning forms over warm ocean water.
tornadoes -- they can be as These storms move slowly and reach land, they can cause down trees or buildings.
a cyclone or typhoon, depending the same type of intense, different names depending on they form.
One of the major hurricanes, tornadoes, winter wind.
You can't see the wind, way it sometimes blows rain furniture flying.
Wind speed scientists determine the can help them figure out the weather might reach different It is typically measured in speed of a vehicle.
Two words you may hear to are: wind gusts... and Wind gusts are short bursts of winds are an average of wind time.
Both can occur during And damage can be caused by those that swirl around, like a >> Time to think about those second part of today's Quiz.
spinning.
And Question 4 can be swirling or Time for some answers now... challenge question?
We asked: weather patterns and events in Christie, tell us your title.
>> I am a meteorologist!
weather detective.
I use clues what's coming next.
To become a study science and math in degree in meteorology or colleges offer special weather mostly see meteorologists on they can have.
You could be a scientist, or even an aviation fly safely!
There are many is curious about weather!
>> And here are the rest of The answer to question 1 is... A weather warning is the more The answer to question 2 is... Wildfires are indicated by red The answer to question 3 is ... B.
Location is the only cyclone and typhoon.
And the answer to question 4 C. A wind gust is a short burst >> And finally today... Kelsey, looks like?
Well, according to the USGS, or Survey agency... it depends on resistance.
No, they aren't all smaller ones are spherical, more like hamburger buns.
half millimeters, resemble a and then they break up into Who knew???
They really have studied this!
>> Thank you to meteorologist today.
And that's it for us.
for more News Quiz!
Bye!
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