National Weather Service & Our Environment
August 2, 2009
Radar tower at the National Weather Service station in Upton, New York, home of Brookhaven National Lab.
Wildlife on the Brookhaven National Lab campus
FREE!
No reservations needed.
Gates open 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Visitors age 16 and over must bring a photo ID.
Handicapped accessible
1-1/2 miles north of LIE Exit 68
Call (631) 344-2651
See how weather predictions are made for the entire New York metropolitan area. Find out how storms are tracked. Attend the weather-balloon launch. Try to outwit our science magician.
Science Talks
The “Wild Side” of Brookhaven National Laboratory
Presented by Tim Green, BNL Natural Resources Management and
Jennifer Higbie
Office of Educational Programs Auditorium
TBD
The National Weather Service
Visit the forecast office where the weather is predicted for New York City, Long Island, the lower Hudson Valley, northeast New Jersey and southern Connecticut where you can see the New York Metropolitan area’s only Doppler weather radar unit, plus a satellite broadcast network dish and other weather-forecast instruments. www.weather.gov/nyc
Meet National Weather Service meteorologists; Suffolk County and Red Cross emergency preparedness personnel, members of SKYWARN weather amateur radio network, and others Bus tickets available at the Berkner Hall Reception Desk; buses leave Berkner Hall for the Weather Center every 20 minutes; last facility visit begins at 3:00pm.
WEATHER BALLOON LAUNCH
Witness the 3:30pm launching of a radiosonde weather
instrument via a weather balloon!
Buses to launch site, located adjacent to the Weather
Service offices, leave from Berkner Hall beginning at
2:45pm.
www.erh.noaa.gov/er/okx/upperair.htm
THE SCIENCE OF WEATHER SHOW
www.techsploration.com/weather.html
Berkner Hall Auditorium
12noon * 1:30 * 3:00pm
Be sure to arrive early as the auditorium fills quickly!
HANDS ON SCIENCE FUN!
Velocity up; pressure down! Experience the Bernoulli
Principle in action, or, make your hair stand on end with
our Van de Graaff generator in our hands-on science room in
Berkner Hall Room “C” at 11:00am * 12:30 * 2:00pm.
ENVIRONMENTAL EXTRAVAGANZA
Learn how Long Islanders get their water and how to protect
it with our interactive groundwater model; check out the
animal footprint display; see how much energy is needed to
light a light bulb; test your recycling IQ, take the
recycling quiz. Tent located outside of Berkner Hall.
CATCH “A VIEW FROM SPACE”
Send a satellite spinning into orbit around a model Earth!
Track a hurricane from space! Study incredible images of
our planet captured by NASA’s Earth Observing System and
more! A View from Space is designed to introduce visitors to
the latest and greatest of Earth observing satellites and
give them an appreciation for the value of studying Earth
from space. Stop by the Berkner Hall Lobby anytime during
Summer Sundays to check out this exciting new exhibit.
