By Brody Klapko in Newsletter — 31 May 2023

Time for a road trip

In which we fly some drones and plan a drive.

Before we jump in

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Happy 40th!

To the Regional Climate Center Program!

Since inception, the RCC Program has been at the cutting edge of the rapidly expanding field of climate information and service delivery. Its work is grounded in a combination of infrastructure, outreach, applied research, and operational services. Other regional service providers have been established over the years, with a primary focus on climate adaptation; however, the RCC Program is the only existing program that covers such a significant breadth of climate services for all 50 states and U.S. Territories.

For science!

They’re flying these bad boys around to collect weather data and improve forecasting. They 3D print the drones, assemble them with some weather instruments, and away they go.

Hey, we’re familiar with that topic

The WMO recently published Communicating climate change: science, solutions, solidarity. It covers some familiar topics but I liked this part especially:

Second, make sure to convey the problem and the solutions. Explaining the scale of the climate crisis is important, but it can seem overwhelming and may lead people to lose interest and tune out. A good way around disillusionment and “crisis fatigue” is to convey a hopeful message focused on the solutions, helping people feel empowered and motivated to engage.

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Get your ombrella out

Ombrology was the OED’s word of the day recently. It means:

The branch of meteorology that deals with rain.

I’ll let you grade the pun.

Tomorrow, it begins

Hurricane season is upon us and MyRadar put out an article talking about the season ahead. While it covers how hurricanes form, it also covers how they fall apart, which was neat to read about (mini-spoilers: dry air and wind shear are main factors).

Any plans for the next year?

If not, you can take a 13,000 mile road trip (WaPo article too) where the weather will (ideally) be about 70 degrees the whole time. Better start planning now!

The fog has taken a break

We’ve been cool, foggy, and cloudy lately. This is not a complaint, I love it actually. But, it looks like we’re going to get a little closer to normal temps for this time of year. And the sunshine seems to be back too.