Challenger Lecture Series: Sailors Dodge Disaster During Downburst
Online: sailnewport.org 72 Fort Adams Drive, Newport, RISail Newport, with the help of Meteorologist Mark Thornton of Lake Erie WX and local sailors, will present an online lecture and discussion about the sudden powerful storm that struck Newport on Tuesday, August 25. Mark Thornton, considered an expert in marine weather forecasting, will detail the severe Narragansett Bay downburst on August 25. Mark will describe the meteorological phenomenon…