Episode Details

Ever wonder how hurricanes form, why they spin, or why some storms get names? Join Rob, Hank, and cohost Milam as we explore the wild science of hurricanes with meteorologist Steve LaVoie from the National Weather Service! 

Special Middle School episode extra: YouTube

Family conversation starter: 

• What did you learn about hurricanes?
• Steve was very interested in weather when he was a kid. Do you have one favorite topic, like Steve, or do you enjoy learning about many topics?

Keep learning! Activities based in this episode: 

• Create your severe weather plan! https://www.weather.gov/ama/severesafetyplan 
• See if your name is on the Hurricane rotation! https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutnames.shtml
• Print a Hurricane Tracking chart: https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/tracking_charts.shtml 
• NOAA Jetstream, an online school for weather:  https://www.noaa.gov/jetstream 
• Hurricane hazards video series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwcHGAEiieU&list=PLGSuh25eUsgFsswOq3DVrhg3lzBylEMSt 
• Learn about the Coriolis effect: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIyBpi7B-dE 

This work was funded by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM)-Gulf Research Program, Grant # SCON-10001601 (PI: Ayça K. Fackler, Co-PI: Lourdes Cardozo-Gaibisso). Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and guests, and do not necessarily reflect the views of NASEM.

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