Currently in Los Angeles — September 25, 2023: A gradual warmup

The weather, currently.

A nice weekend across SoCal. After more than a week of the marine layer dominating our weather pattern, those pesky low altitutde stratus clouds, quite simply, finally chilled the heck out. Clearing was especially fast on Sunday, with abundant sunshine by 9am.

At the top of the week, a gradual warm up is on tap with temperatures finally back up into the 80s. Some actual offshore flow will bring temps into the mid 80s by mid-week away from the coast.

— Ade Adeniji

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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