Currently in Miami — June 1st, 2023

The weather, currently.

South Florida will continue to see heavy rain and localized flooding each afternoon through at least Saturday as low pressure over the Gulf of Mexico approaches. This area of disorganized showers and thunderstorms has a low chance of tropical development, but regardless of any development, South Florida will be under a Marginal Risk of Excessive Rainfall through Saturday evening. This means numerous to widespread showers and thunderstorms which are likely to produce heavy rainfall and flooding in the streets and areas with poor drainage. There is also an Elevated to Significant Lightning Risk for Miami and Ft Lauderdale. Interior communities will bear the brunt of these storms, receiving the highest rainfall and greatest risks of flooding and lightning.

El tiempo, currently.

El sur de la Florida continuará experimentando fuertes lluvias e inundaciones localizadas cada tarde hasta al menos el sábado a medida que se acerque un sistema de baja presión desde el Golfo de México. Esta área de aguaceros y tormentas eléctricas desorganizadas tiene una baja posibilidad de desarrollo tropical, pero independientemente de cualquier desarrollo, el sur de Florida estará bajo un riesgo marginal de lluvia excesiva hasta el sábado por la noche. Esto significa aguaceros y tormentas eléctricas de numerosas a generalizadas que producirán fuertes lluvias e inundaciones en las calles y áreas con drenaje deficiente. También existe un riesgo de rayos elevado a significativo para Miami y Ft Lauderdale. Las comunidades del interior serán las más afectadas por estas tormentas, ya que recibirán las precipitaciones más altas y los mayores riesgos de inundaciones y rayos.

—John Morales

What you need to know, currently.

Today is the first day of Atlantic hurricane season, and also the first day of meteorological summer. After a few years of wild weather, we could really use a break.

Unfortunately, the atmosphere and oceans aren’t cooperating so far.

The National Hurricane Center has named an area of disturbed weather in the Gulf of Mexico “Invest 91L”, weather nerd speak for something that deserves closer attention by high resolution weather models to assess its chances for development into a full-fledged tropical storm or hurricane. Right now there’s just a 20% chance of that happening, so that’s good at least.

For the season as a whole, NOAA expects a near-normal season, with about 12-17 named storms, 5-9 hurricanes, and 1-4 major hurricanes.

-Eric Holthaus

What you can do, currently.

Welcome to the new-and-improved Currently!

As you might notice, the formatting and delivery of our daily newsletters has changed slightly — we’ve migrated service providers from Ghost to beehiiv so that we can bring you all the features we’ve been working for the past two years to prepare (and more!!)

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Thank you for taking this exciting journey with us!

—Eric Holthaus