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Currently in Chicago — October 11, 2023: Cool and overcast days continue
Plus, Hurricane Lidia makes landfall near Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
Eric Holthaus & Katje Sabin
October 11, 2023
The weather, currently.
Cool and cloudy and wet
Tuesday night will be cloudy with a low in the mid-40s, and Wednesday will show us a gradual build-up of clouds throughout the day, leading in a 60% chance of rain after 4 p.m. and potential thunderstorms with a high of 58. Wednesday night has an even likelier chance of rain with a low in the low 50s, and we will see mostly clouds and rain showers for the next few days. Did you hear about the Midwest’s largest vegan food hall opening in Uptown? Nobody is gonna take away your Waygu, but eating a more plant-based diet is one easy thing you can do to prevent environmental damage from climate change.
What you need to know, currently.
Lidia is the third-strongest hurricane in history to make landfall on Mexico’s Pacific Coast.
Lidia joins a long list of hurricanes that have rapidly intensified in the hours right before landfall in recent years, going from a Category 1 to a Category 4 before slamming into the coastline near Puerto Vallarta.
Meteorologist Bob Henson explains: “Lidia's top sustained winds increased more than predicted, and in spectacular fashion—from 70 mph to 140 mph in the 24 hours before it made landfall. A growing body of research is finding links between rapid intensification and human-caused climate change.”
UPDATE: Category 4 Hurricane #Lidia makes landfall about 35 miles SSW of Puerto Vallarta, #Mexico at 6:00 PM MDT.
— Jeremy Nelson (@jnelsonWJCL)
12:17 AM • Oct 11, 2023
Near-shore ocean temperatures are warming, and when hurricanes like Lidia intensify in the few hours before landfall, it reduces the time that authorities and residents have to respond and prepare. It’s another one of those sinister ways that climate change is making extreme weather worse.
What you can do, currently.
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