Currently in Los Angeles — July 11, 2023: A true chamber of commerce weather day.

The weather, currently.

A true chamber of commerce weather day. I’ve always wanted to write that. The heat that’s on tap today is only a preview of what’s in store for later this week. Even Santa Monica, mired in May Gray, June Gloom, and No Sky July will flirt with 80 degree temperatures in the next 7 days. For the rest of us, it’ll be a great deal warmer than that, with basin temperatures in the 80s and 90s by end of week. One thing to look for over the weekend is convection, with cumulus and maybe even cumulonimbus clouds. An active monsoon season might push our record setting water year even higher.

— 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.

India’s crucial monsoon rains have had a rollercoaster season so far.

The India-wide rainfall index has now officially shifted to an above-average season — though the season itself has been anything but average. During the onset phase in early June, rains were at least a week late, bringing prolonged heatwaves and droughts across the entire subcontinent. Now, those same rains have shifted into overdrive bringing massive flooding that has swept away cars and homes and bridges.

This “weather whiplash” is a characteristic of climate change, where extra heat in the atmosphere manifests itself in a sped-up hydrologic cycle, paradoxically bringing more intense droughts and more intense floods sometimes to the same place in quick succession.

Monday was the rainiest July day in Delhi in at least 40 years, forcing authorities to close schools. Further north in the Himalayas, more than 700 roads were closed by mudslides and washouts.

—Eric Holthaus