Currently in Miami — July 7, 2023: Flooding is a concern

The weather, currently.

Southwesterly winds will develop on Friday that will focus the increasing rain activity toward the east coast metro areas through the weekend. Moisture levels will remain high over the region, which will lend to the development of scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms on both Friday and Saturday afternoons. The highest chances of showers will be over Broward County, where localized flooding will remain a concern after the repeated heavy precipitation over the recent days. Rain activity will start to decrease on Sunday as drier air arrives and winds shift back from the southeast. In terms of temperatures, highs will continue to be in the low-to-mid 90s during the afternoons and lows in the upper 70s at night—with the likelihood that Heat Advisory criteria will be met most days.

El tiempo, currently.

Se desarrollarán vientos del suroeste el viernes que concentrará la creciente actividad de lluvia hacia las áreas metropolitanas de la costa este durante el fin de semana. Los niveles de humedad seguirán siendo altos en la región, lo que conducirá al desarrollo de aguaceros y tormentas eléctricas dispersas a numerosas tanto el viernes como el sábado por la tarde. Las mayores posibilidades de lluvias estarán en el condado de Broward, donde las inundaciones localizadas seguirán siendo una preocupación después de las fuertes precipitaciones repetidas en los últimos días. La actividad de lluvia comenzará a disminuir el domingo a medida que llegue aire más seco y los vientos regresen del sureste. En términos de temperaturas, las máximas seguirán estando entre los rangos bajo a medio de los 90 grados durante las tardes y mínimas en el rango alto de los 70 por la noche—con la probabilidad de que el umbral para Advertencias de Calor sea alcanzado la mayoría de los días.

—John Morales

What you can do, currently.

The climate emergency doesn’t take the summer off. In fact — as we’ve been reporting — we’re heading into an El Niño that could challenge historical records and is already supercharging weather and climate impacts around the world.

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What you need to know, currently.

On Thursday, researchers at Colorado State University released an updated seasonal hurricane forecast for the Atlantic, boosting their outlook to 18 named storms, 9 hurricanes, and 4 major hurricanes — all of which are well above long-term averages.

The forecasters cite record-warm ocean temperatures as the main reason for the worse forecast. “Most of the tropical and subtropical Atlantic now has record warm sea surface temperatures,” they write, which they anticipate will offset the effect from El Niño, which typically creates stronger upper-atmospheric winds that can complicate hurricane formation.

The forecasters give this helpful note to remind coastal residents to start making their hurricane season plans now:

Climate change has boosted the odds that any given hurricane will reach Category 3 or greater, the most destructive type. Six of the past 7 hurricane seasons have had more hurricanes than the long-term average number of hurricanes per year.

—Eric Holthaus