Currently in the Twin Cities — August 26, 2024: Excessive heat warning

The weather, currently.

Monday will be another hot, humid day. Expect highs in the 90s afternoon heat index values of 100 to 105 degrees! An excessive heat warning is in effect through 8 p.m. Monday for the Twin Cities.

We’ll also see some strong to severe storms potentially Monday evening into the overnight ahead of the first of two cool fronts this week.

Tuesday will see some lingering showers and an initial drop in temps, but still in the low 80s both Tuesday ad Wednesday. Another front comes in Thursday creating more showers Wednesday night into Thursday and dropping temps mostly into the 70s for the late 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.