Director's Cut Blog with Frank Macek

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...

Wednesday, May 26th, was another fun filled day of learning about weather over at Progressive Field in the second of Channel 3's annual Weather Education Days. Kids from all over the area take this exciting field trip to the ballpark to observe weather experiments in motion. Were you one of the 8,000 Northeast Ohio students who came down to join us this morning for the program, then the Cleveland Indians/Chicago White Sox game? Did WKYC snap a photo of you and your classmates? Check out our  PHOTOGALLERY

CLEVELAND -- The sun was shining as more than 3,000 students from Northeast Ohio spent the morning at Progressive Field for WKYC's Weather Education Day. WKYC Meteorologists Betsy Kling, Hollie Strano and AJ Colby, with Meteorologist Bruce Kalinowski joining them from back at the TV station's weather center, spent the morning making learning fun for the students. WKYC Weather Education Day was held before the Cleveland Indians took on the Kansas City Royals on the field. Click to check out our photo gallery of today's big event

By Kim Wendel CLEVELAND -- Thousands of Northern Ohio students came to Progressive Field Wednesday for WKYC-TV's Weather Education Day. Were you there? Check out our photo galleries on wkyc.com: CLICK HERE The students learned their weather lessons from WKYC-TV meteorologists Betsy Kling, AJ Colby, Hollie Strano and Bruce Kalinowski. They also got a chance to watch the Cleveland Indians take on the Chicago White Sox. More from Channel 3 Weather: Get forecast e-mails , iAlert text messages or e-mails , Find Channel 3 Weather on Facebook or Watch the latest forecast from Channel 3 News