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Currently in Miami — October 3, 2023: Humidity drops
Plus, El Niño continues to accelerate global temperatures.
Eric Holthaus & John Morales
October 02, 2023
The weather, currently.
Brighter and drier, though not entirely rain-free
A decaying front finally pushed south past Miami and Fort Lauderdale, ushering in drier but not cooler air. A stretch of days with fewer showers starts on Tuesday and is much needed after weeks of soggy weather led to saturated soils, which mixed with extra high King Tides pushed higher by sea level rise driven by manmade global heating produced flooding episodes. Conditions won’t be entirely dry due to showers being pushed onshore by the northeast breeze. This same wind will keep daytime temperatures mostly in the upper 80s which is close to seasonal values.
El tiempo, actualmente.
Un muy débil frente finalmente avanzó hacia el sur pasando por Miami y Fort Lauderdale, dando paso a una masa de aire más seco pero no más frío. Un tramo de días con menos lluvias comienza el martes y es muy necesario después de que semanas de tiempo húmedo provocaron suelos saturados, que combinados con mareas extra altas acentuadas por el aumento del nivel del mar impulsado por el calentamiento global por la mano del hombre produjeron episodios de inundaciones. Las condiciones no serán completamente secas debido a que la brisa del noreste arrastrará aguaceros hacia la costa. Este mismo viento mantendrá las temperaturas diurnas en su mayoría en el rango alto de los 80, lo que está cerca de los valores típicos de la época.
What you need to know, currently.
New data show that the last week of September was the most anomalously warm week in history. That’s not so surprising given that we’re going into what looks like a very strong El Niño — the tropical Pacific warmth that defines these linked ocean-atmosphere patterns typically starts spreading worldwide during the last four months of the year.
Here’s more, from CarbonBrief:
Global surface temperatures set a new record this week for the highest daily temperature anomalies (departure from the norm) ever observed. They were recorded by a Japanese climate database called the JRA-55 reanalysis product. These were approximately 1C warmer than the 1991-2020 baseline period used by the dataset and around 1.9C warmer than the pre-industrial (1850-1900) temperatures.
As Currently reported last week, these data add to the increasing likelihood that we may already be living in the first 12-month period that’s 1.5°C warmer than pre-industrial levels, and that a few upcoming weeks may top 2°C for the first time ever.
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