If you're keen on learning how to keep an eye on the tempest, The National Weather Service in St. Louis has got you covered. They're offering a complimentary class on spotting storms, hooking up with the City Emergency Management Agency and the St. Louis Public Library to drop some knowledge for anyone in the community, welcoming folks of all ages. The session will pop off at the Julia Davis Branch, 4415 Natural Bridge, come today, at 6 p.m., with no need to book your spot in advance.
The class is no sit-back-and-listen lecture—it's an interactive gig where you can fire off your questions and suss out what thunderstorm development is all about, how to read storm structures, and spot the tell-tale signs of severe weather doing its dance in the sky, aside from the nuts and bolts of playing it safe when weather throws a fit. "These classes are important for weather awareness, but also for meteorologists like me to connect with the public," Matt Beitscher, Lead Meteorologist for the St. Louis office, said in a statement obtained by the St. Louis-MO official website, and he spilled the tea on how they need folks to chime in with storm damage info once they've got the training to be storm spotters down pat.
Kicking it over to CEMA, their Commissioner, Sarah Russell, chimed in with enthusiasm about joining forces with the National Weather Service and the St. Louis Public Library, "By understanding how storms form and what to look for, residents can better protect themselves and their families when severe weather moves into the St. Louis area," she said in a statement obtained by the St. Louis-MO official website. Peep the website for the full spiel on this two-hour crash course in storm spotting mastery.
