Saturday, March 31, 2012

News 8 weather lab gives Seymour pupils a weather lesson

WTNH meteorologist Erica Grow (center) talks to third graders about the instruments on top of the traveling Weather Lab during a visit to Bungay Elementary School in Seymour Friday. Arnold Gold/Register

By Jean Falbo-Sosnovich
Register Correspondent
SEYMOUR — Bungay School third-graders learned how to “weather any storm” Friday, thanks to a visit from News 8’s mobile lab.
Meteorologist Erica Grow pulled up to the school in the TV station’s silver Dodge Durango, outfitted with equipment to gauge rainfall, check the temperature, and measure wind speed and direction.
The mobile weather lab is the only one in the state, and besides gauging the weather, Grow said it’s used to teach kids across Connecticut.

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