Currently in Chicago — September 25, 2023: A mild Monday ahead

After a slight chance of showers overnight, we can expect Monday to show up with sun amid some cloud cover. Highs will be in the low 70s, with a light breeze gusting up to 15mph. Monday night brings a 30% chance of showers in the early hours, dropping into the low 60s, and continued light winds. We had some beach hazard warnings over the weekend, but the lake has calmed down for the next day or so… perhaps we’ll see more discoveries by divers racing the clock to preserve history before it is destroyed by invasive quagga mussels.

— Katje Sabin

What you need to know, currently.

Fall is here, and so far the trees are not disappointing this year.

My new favorite fall leaf-peeping guide is Explore Fall, which daily auto-generates a 7-day forecasted fall-colors map on almost a neighborhood scale based on weather, soil moisture, sunlight, and citizen science observations for the entire lower 48 states (sorry, no Canada yet).

Here in Minnesota, I tested out the algorithm on a few hikes this weekend and the leaves were stellar. It’s that time of year where the leaves seem to change almost hour-by-hour, so if you have a chance to get out there, don’t miss it.

— Eric Holthaus

What you can do, currently.

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