The fundraising plan

Sales of tickets bought in advance online will benefit the center. Coleman said he will donate his share of the night’s proceeds of food and drink sales to the center as well. Frostig staff and volunteers will also be selling tickets for a drawing; the prize is a Charles Arnoldi lithograph from the center’s art collection.

Funds raised will be used for the school’s general operating expenses. The center’s revenue typically is a mix of tuition, public school special education funds, various grants and donations. Recent fundraisers have paid for a renovation of its multipurpose room, new carpeting and the installation of the center’s first flagpole.

The weather business

Coleman has done the weather forecast at NBC Channel 4 for 33 years. He is featured in the broadcast station’s 5 p.m., 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. local news shows, Monday through Friday.

He lately has been working with other NBC weather reporters on a special El Nino project to explain the reoccurring series of Pacific region climatic changes. El Nino, characterized by unusually warm ocean water, affects weather patterns around the globe.

“El Nino is here,” Coleman said. “The ocean water is 10 degrees warmer than it ought to be. It has a really erratic and dangerous effect on storms.”

“We won’t feel the full impact until the rainy season, late December and through January and February,” Coleman said. “But by the end of the season, Los Angeles – which normally gets 15 inches of rain a year – could have 30 inches of rain or more.”

Fritz Coleman Speaks to a Generation What: Fundraising comedy show to benefit the Frostig Center When: 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 15 Where: The Ice House, 24 N Mentor Ave., Pasadena Cost: $15-$22. Purchase online in advance at icehousecomedy.com Extra: Two drink minimum. Food is available for purchase. Information: Sarah Krupczak at (626) 791-1255; frostig.org