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Currently in Chicago — October 23, 2023: Clouds gathering again
Plus, details on two hurricane landfalls over the weekend.
Eric Holthaus & Katje Sabin
October 22, 2023
The weather, currently.
Clouds are headed back
After a few dark and damp days, Sunday was a perfect crisp fall day. The clouds will roll back in Sunday night, with a low of 45 and a light breeze.
Monday will be partly sunny with a high of 62, but clouds will continue to gather with a 20% chance of showers in the afternoon. Possible showers in the early hours over Monday night with a low of 58.
Tuesday will be sunny, with a high near 75, followed by clouds and rain for the rest of the week. According to several autumn foliage trackers, the Chicago area is enjoying its peak show of fall colors this week, so take the scenic route and enjoy the burst of beauty before winter crashes the party.
What you need to know, currently.
Over the weekend two hurricanes make landfall — one in the Pacific, and one in the Atlantic.
Hurricane Tammy has been a rare late-October hurricane-strength storm in the tropical Atlantic, and meandered its way parallel to the Eastern Caribbean chain of islands before making landfall in Barbuda on Sunday. The storm caused intense flash flooding in Guadeloupe as well. Forecasts show that Tammy will continue meandering northwestward this week, but it’s still too early to say whether it will pose a threat to Bermuda or the US mainland.
Meanwhile, Hurricane Norma lashed the southern tip of Baja California before making a second landfall on the Mexico mainland over the weekend. It’s the fifth tropical cyclone to make landfall on Mexico’s Pacific Coast this year.
#Topolobampo Fuertes vientos e intensa lluvia se registra en el puerto de Topolobampo ante la presencia de #Norma. Extremar precauciones.
— Alfredo Padilla MX (@Alfredopadiilla)
9:50 PM • Oct 22, 2023
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