Currently in Los Angeles — August 9, 2024: Benign summer weather weekend

The weather, currently.

A pretty benign weather pattern on tap as we head into the weekend. Temperatures will begin to climb again, especially back into the valleys, which will be well into the 90s again by Saturday. LA metro will remain comfortable in the 80s.

Tracking some potential troughing entering the region early next week, which would allow for some welcome cooling. The eastern Pacific is getting pretty active, including Tropical Storm Emilia and now defunct Fabio (there might be a joke there), but so far these systems are staying well south and west of Southern California.

— Ade Adeniji

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.