Currently in the Twin Cities — August 28, 2024: A nice, quiet, and dry day

The weather, currently.

Wednesday will be a nice, quiet and dry day. Look for sunshine and highs in the upper 70s.

More rain and thunder is on the way Thursday ahead of the second cool front of the week. Behind that one it will be more comfortable with lower dew points and sunshine Friday and Saturday. Another blast of cool air will drop temps further Sunday and Monday.

The recent storms were indeed brutal. By Tuesday morning, more than 150,000 households across the metro area were without power. The MSP airport clocked a 55 mph gust Monday evening and 61 mph early Tuesday morning. Saint Paul received a 64 mph wind gust early Tuesday morning.

— 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.