Currently in the Twin Cities — June 14, 2023: Hot with lots of sun Wednesday

The weather, currently.

The sunsets are at 9:00 PM or later through July 11^th . The summer solstice is a week from Wednesday when we receive nearly 15 hours and 37 minutes of daylight. That sun will be on full display the next few days as that high pressure heat dome to the west nudges closer again. Highs will be in the upper 80s to near 90 Wednesday through Friday. The timing of our next disturbance has slowed some but still looks hopeful for some scattered rain and thunder Friday night into Saturday. Temps will be cooler, in the low to mid 80s over the weekend with the increased cloud cover before returning to near 90 by Monday.

— Sven Sundgaard

What you need to know, currently.

South Asia faces a new extreme weather threat: Cyclone Biparjoy is expected to make landfall near the Pakistan/India border on Thursday.

Biparjoy is now one of the strongest/longest lasting cyclones ever measured in the Indian Ocean basin. Thankfully, Biparjoy should be weakening by the time it makes landfall, but it’s still expected to bring more than 200mm (7.87 in) of rainfall and coastal storm surge of 2-3 meters (6-10 ft) to parts of Gujarat state in India.

This year’s Indian Ocean cyclone season activity is running at 392% of normal — a sharp contrast the the extremely meager rains of monsoon season so far, which are 55% below normal. Comprehensive tropical cyclone records in the Indian Ocean began in 1972, and monsoon records date back to 1871.

This year’s boom-bust rainfall pattern in India fits with the pattern of how climate change affects the hydrologic cycle, prompting an increase in frequency in both droughts and floods at the same time.

—Eric Holthaus

What you can do, currently.

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—Eric Holthaus