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Currently in the Twin Cities — June 1, 2023
Eric Holthaus & Sven Sundgaard
May 31, 2023
The weather, currently.
Isolated late day storms, otherwise hot, muggy
We’re into meteorological summer. It begins June 1. Our spring was a mixed picture this year. March was colder than normal, April slightly so, but May ended up being a very warm month. The net effect was a meteorological spring that was about 1.5°F cooler than the 1991-2020 normal. Precipitation was similarly mixed: a wet, snowy March, then drying out. May ended about 1.5 inches below normal for rainfall. We’re still in a pattern of late day, isolated instability thunderstorms popping up through Saturday. We’ll also continue to be hot, with highs near 90, about 15 degrees above normal.
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
Tomorrow, June 1, marks the first day of the 2023 Atlantic Hurricane Season.
Check out our hurricane safety tips and resources to make sure you're prepared:
weather.gov/safety/hurrica…
@NWS
— NOAA (@NOAA)
12:53 PM • May 31, 2023
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