Currently in the Twin Cities — November 7, 2023: Continued cloudy

The weather, currently.

The zonal flow continues with a fast moving jet stream positioned from the west coast through the Midwest bringing frequent disturbances and keeping us relatively mild.

The next such disturbance will bring a few showers Tuesday into Wednesday but the bulk of the precipitation will fall in northern Minnesota. In fact, northeast Minnesota will see some snowfall Tuesday night with up to one or two inches potentially.

It will then be cooler Thursday into Saturday with highs in the lower 40s before we warm up again. The outlook for next week calls for an 80 to 90 percent probability of above normal temperatures, according to the Climate Prediction Center.

— Sven Sundgaard

What you need to know, currently.

For the first time since August 13, there are no looming hurricane threats in either the Atlantic or the eastern Pacific Oceans. We can declare that this year’s hurricane season is effectively over.

With El Niño in effect and global ocean temperatures at the warmest ever measured, the 2023 hurricane season was busier than usual.

According to data from Colorado State University, Atlantic tropical cyclone activity was 24% above normal, and East Pacific activity was 25% above normal.

Some of the most notable storms: Hurricane Dora was a long-lasting hurricane that trekked much of the way across the Pacific Ocean, fanning winds on Hawaii that rapidly spread wildfires on Maui. Hurricane Hilary made a rare landfall in Southern California. And Hurricane Otis became the strongest landfall in Pacific history in Acapulco, Mexico.

— Eric Holthaus

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