Currently in Los Angeles — July 10, 2023: A heat wave is on the way

The weather, currently.

You might not believe it, but LA is finally in store for its first true heat wave of the year. And besides a brief run of warm weather around Thanksgiving and again Christmas Day, LA’s streak of cool weather has gone on even longer. But a 598 dam high will put a stop to it. Temperatures on Monday in the LA basin will finally solidly be in the 80s, with valley locations flirting with 90 or more. But the real heat will set in later in the week, with nighttime temperatures also remaining warm. Quite a departure from a low of 54 in Temecula not even a week ago.

— Ade Adeniji

What you can do, currently.

The climate emergency doesn’t take the summer off. In fact — as we’ve been reporting — we’re heading into an El Niño that could challenge historical records and is already supercharging weather and climate impacts around the world.

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What you need to know, currently.

A multi-day torrential rainstorm will focus tropical moisture along a narrow band of New England with possibly catastrophic results this week.

The National Weather Service is comparing this week’s rains to that of 2011’s Hurricane Irene, which produced billions of dollars of damage in New York and Vermont.

Widespread heavy rain of 3-5 inches per day for at least two days, and as much as 12 inches of rain per day, will quickly overwhelm smaller streams and lead to destructive flooding. The extend of the flooding should stretch from New York City northward into the Hudson Valley and include most of the state of Vermont, western New Hampshire, western Massachusetts, and western Connecticut. If you are in the affected areas, or have friends who are, it might be a good idea to give them a call or text just to give them a heads up.

—Eric Holthaus