Currently in Chicago — July 2, 2024: Heat is headed back

The weather, currently.

After a mercifully gentle Monday, we will be returning to our regularly scheduled summertime hit parade: clouds, showers, heat, and humidity. Tuesday has a slight chance of showers during the day, as the temps climb back up to the low 80s, then a fairly likely chance of thunderstorms overnight.

I came across this wild video of a meteotsunami that hit the shore of Lake Michigan up in Holland, MI last Tuesday. Unlike a seiche, a rocking bathtub-like motion affected by wind and pressure, a meteotsunami is more influenced by atmospheric pressure (but you can have both at the same time!).

— Katje Sabin

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.