METS AND PIX11 HOST 15th ANNUAL WEATHER EDUCATION DAY THURSDAY, JUNE 1 AT CITI FIELD

 

METS AND PIX11 HOST 15th ANNUAL WEATHER EDUCATION DAY 

THURSDAY, JUNE 1 AT CITI FIELD  

 

PIX11’s Marysol Castro, Mr. G, Byron Miranda, Chris Cimino and the Entire Weather Team to Provide Meteorology Lesson for 8,000 Tri-State Area Students

Prior to Mets-Phillies

 Tickets Are Available at Mets.com/Education 

 

FLUSHING, N.Y., May 31, 2023 – The New York Mets and PIX11 will host the 15^th annual “Weather Education Day” on Thursday, June 1 at Citi Field for 8,000 students from New York, New Jersey and Connecticut prior to the Mets playing the Philadelphia Phillies at 1:10 p.m.  More information and tickets are available at Mets.com/Education. 

 

Students will be treated to a pre-game meteorology lesson starting at 11:00 a.m. by PIX11’s weather team of Mr. G, Byron Miranda and Chris Cimino as well as Mets Public Adress Announcer and host of New York Living, Marysol Castro. They will discuss weather patterns and phenomenon, tips for sun safety this summer and take students behind the scenes at the brand-new PIX11 weather center.  

 

Mr. and Mrs. Met and the Citi Perk Patrol will also be on hand to entertain students and fire t-shirts into the crowd. At the conclusion of the program, the students will stay at the ballpark to watch the game.

 

As part of “Weather Education Day,” Byron Miranda will be delivering the forecast and taking viewers behind the scenes at the ballpark for "PIX11 Morning News" from Citi Field beginning at 6:00 a.m.

 

About PIX11 

WPIX-TV (PIX11) was founded in 1948. It is owned by Mission Broadcasting, Inc., and Nexstar Media Inc. provides certain services to WPIX-TV under local service agreements.   

  

Long regarded as a groundbreaking station in New York, PIX11’s successful primetime programming, award-winning news, first-run programs, off-network sitcom favorites, quality children’s programming and public affairs shows, have contributed to the station’s success.  

  

PIX11 has earned hundreds of Emmy® Awards including multiple awards for Outstanding Morning News Program, Outstanding Newscast and Interactivity. The station has been honored with numerous other prestigious awards for excellence in reporting, news coverage, public affairs, specials and features.