Tornado tracking program set at Fireside Grille in Sugar Grove

SUGAR GROVE – An NIU STEM Cafe program, "Tornado Tracking: How Meteorologists Predict and Pursue Storms," will feature NIU associate professor Walker Ashley.

It will take place from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 22, at the Fireside Grille, 49 Sugar Lane, Sugar Grove. He will tell the story of how he forecast and chased the tornado that tore through Rochelle and Fairdale last year.

Ashley, who teaches in NIU’s meteorology program, will use the story of the Rochelle-Fairdale tornado to illustrate the most current scientific theories about how storms form, what determines their intensity, and how they can be predicted in advance.

The event is free. For information, call 815-753-4751 or email jdymond@niu.edu.