By Frank Macek WKYC's Weather Education Day This morning, long before the first pitch was thrown and Take Me Out to the Ball Game echoed through the stands, Progressive Field was buzzing with excitement—not just for baseball, but for science . WKYC’s 3News meteorologists Betsy Kling, Matt Wintz, Anthony Copeland and Jessica Van Meter took the mound for a different kind of pitch, leading Weather Education Day for hundreds of local students from across Northeast Ohio. 🎓☁️ Science Meets Sports Under the bright lights and looming clouds, our weather experts turned the ballpark into an open-air classroom. The team—armed with maps, models, and microphones—delivered fun, hands-on demonstrations, sparking curiosity and enthusiasm for meteorology. From how thunderstorms form to why Lake Erie can cause lake-effect snow, students got a crash course in atmospheric magic. More than just facts and forecasts, the meteorologists showed how weather plays a big role in baseball . Whethe...