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Currently in the Twin Cities — October 5, 2023: Coldest air since April
Plus, Pope Francis issues an urgent call for climate action.
Sven Sundgaard & Eric Holthaus
October 04, 2023
The weather, currently.
Coldest air since April
Only 7 other times have we had four consecutive days in the 80s or warmer this late. We topped out at 87° in the Twin Cities Tuesday. The probability of hitting 80° from this point on, decreases exponentially. Two weeks from now we’re five times less likely to get that warm.
Fittingly, our coolest air since April is settling in. A clipper system will bring more showers late Thursday into Friday and more cold air. Highs will only be in the low 50s Friday, setting us up for a chilly couple of overnights this weekend: look for widespread 30s to around 40 in the urban core of the metro.
What you need to know, currently.
Pope Francis, the spiritual leader of more than a billion Christians worldwide, has issued a forceful new call for bold climate action.
The document is addressed specifically to the world’s wealthy and privileged, particularly in the US and Europe, to show compassion for people around the world who have done little to cause the climate emergency and who are already feeling its effects profoundly.
“Our responses have not been adequate, while the world in which we live is collapsing and may be nearing the breaking point,” he wrote.
The Pope called for a transition away from lifestyles of consumption and extraction and towards a more ecologically-focused society. His message is timely as the world prepares to gather in Dubai for the latest global climate negotiations next month.
In 2015, Pope Francis made a similar appeal in advance of the Paris climate accords, and was widely credited at helping steer the conversation away from the impersonal numbers and scientific debate towards justice and social progress.
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