Punxsutawney’s Weather Discovery Center has a fun new interactive exhibit to experience – Pull Up Clouds.

Pull Up Clouds prompts the visitor to pull on a rope attached to the likeness of a cloud. The cloud lifts to the altitude it usually appears in the sky—as shown by a colorful graphic—and reveals interesting facts about that cloud type. Visitors can learn about four basic cloud types and get a little bit of physical activity by pulling on the ropes.

Planning for an exhibit about cloud types began in 2019 with the design team at Carnegie Science Center. The Carnegie team arrived in June to do the installation, which was not a simple thing. The exhibit’s ropes needed to be bolted to the wall at about 20 feet up and when the guys began the work, they encountered the brick chimney from the original boiler, used to heat the former post office in the early 1900s. A one day installation job turned into two very long days, but the end result is dramatic and lots of fun!

Visitors can try the new Pull Up Clouds and interact with old favorites like the Twist ‘n Shout Tornado Slide, the AccuWeather Green Screen Forecasting Station, and the Perfect Precipitation make-a-thunderstorm exhibit. Weather Discovery Center is open Thursday, Friday, and Saturday from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

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