Currently in the Twin Cities — August 21, 2024: A couple more pleasant days

The weather, currently.

Brighter skies will be back Wednesday after filtered sun Tuesday from clouds and showers to the west. Enjoy a couple more pleasant days with highs in the upper 70s Wednesday and Thursday.

An upper level disturbance is still on track to bring some spotty showers and thunder Thursday night. Rainfall looks modest, likely under one half inch for southern Minnesota with potentially higher amounts north. The heat then builds in for the weekend with muggier air returning Saturday. Highs by Sunday and Monday will likely be around 90 or even higher. Temps will cool back off to near 80 degrees by midweek next week.

— Sven Sundgaard

What you can do, currently.

A Media Matters analysis found that last year — the hottest calendar year on record — network coverage of climate actually declined in the US. What’s worse, just 12% of reports about climate change mentioned fossil fuels as the driving cause. The media still reported on extreme weather, but stopped short of making the climate connection.

Independent climate journalism like Currently is needed more than ever. And this year, with all of these weather warnings already underway, we’ll unfortunately have plenty of opportunities to do better.