Weather Education Days: Having fun making a homerun

By WKYC Weather Plus Meteorologist Betsy Kling

CLEVELAND -- This May thousands of kids will travel to Progressive Field to catch on to weather and baseball.

What do you get when you combine Progressive Field, a few meteorologists and 14,000 enthusiastic northern Ohio students?

Why, Weather Education Days, of course!

Last season, students of all ages came to the biggest classroom in the state to learn more about weather, and how it affects baseball. There is more to it than rain delays and sun glare!

Temperature, atmospheric pressure and the wind all have huge impacts on just how far that baseball can fly. Weather can make the difference between a pop-fly and a homerun.

Several VIPs, including Slider--of course-- joined in the fun to help kids apply what they learn in the classroom to what the Tribe does on the field.

Weather Education Days return to Progressive Field on May 15 and May 28, continuing an educational tradition in which everyone wins.

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