What's in the eye of a hurricane?

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!

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After listening: 3 questions for your family:

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?

If you could name the next hurricane, what would you name it and why?

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

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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.