Currently in Miami — July 28, 2023: More showers & thunderstorms

The weather, currently.

Stormy weather will continue on Friday in South Florida before drying out slightly during the weekend. Expect scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms to end the workweek, with activity favoring the east coast during the first half of the day before shifting westward in the afternoon and evening. Temperatures will be much closer to normal, thankfully, with highs in the upper 80s and low 90s; and although heat indices will be slightly warmer, a Heat Advisory is unlikely. These will bounce back up again over the weekend, however, due to the decrease in rain coverage.

El tiempo, actualmente.

El tiempo tormentoso continuará el viernes en el sur de Florida antes de que se seque un poco durante el fin de semana. Espere aguaceros y tormentas eléctricas dispersas a numerosas para finalizar la semana laboral, con la actividad favoreciendo la costa este durante la primera mitad del día antes de moverse hacia el oeste por la tarde y la noche. Las temperaturas finalmente estarán mucho más cerca de lo normal con máximas en los rangos alto de los 80 grados y bajo de los 90; y aunque los índices de calor serán un poco más cálidos, no se espera que se produzca una Advertencia de Calor. Sin embargo, el calor se recuperará durante el fin de semana debido a la disminución en la cobertura de lluvia.

—John Morales

What you need to know, currently.

We’re about to switch our full attention back to the weather, but I wanted to make one last pitch for everyone to become a paid member of Currently.

The climate news has been all-encompassing in recent days. Today, in fact, the UN Secretary-General declared a transition from the era of ‘global warming’ to a new era of ‘global boiling’. And he’s right. I mean, there are people in Phoenix this week who suffered 3rd-degree burns just from falling on the pavement.

This does not have to be our lives. This does not have to be our future. A better world is possible. And, each of us have a place in bringing that world into being.

Currently exists to connect people with timely and accurate weather and climate info — and our mission is to make that info available in every language for every person on Earth. No other weather service in the world has this mission. It’s our contribution to climate justice.

The next three months of August, September, and October are peak hurricane season, peak wildfire season, and with a growing El Niño and global temperatures at record highs, God knows what else. Currently will be here to keep you updated. Over the coming days we’ll be doing a big re-launch of our interactive weather messaging service that will provide customized weather alerts for almost any criteria, anywhere in the world.

Becoming a Currently member costs $5 a month to continue making this service possible. With that you’ll get first dibs on our new services, plus a share of direct ownership of our success. More on that soon, too.

Our goal is getting 397 new members before July 31 — and I’d love for one of those to be you. Thank you!!

—Eric Holthaus