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Currently in D.C. — October 11, 2023: Sunny and cool
Plus, Hurricane Lidia makes landfall near Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
Eric Holthaus & Myriam Vidal
October 11, 2023
The weather, currently.
Sunny with partial clouds in the afternoon
We have another beautiful day. The morning will be sunny and cool and the highs will make it to 71°F around 4. As the afternoon unfolds, we’ll start to see some clouds in the sky and the temperature will drop to 61°F. The October weather that a lot of us enjoy so much it’s finally here, and I think that’s worth celebrating. To quote Friedrich Nietzsche: “Notice that autumn is more the season of the soul than of nature.”
What you need to know, currently.
Lidia is the third-strongest hurricane in history to make landfall on Mexico’s Pacific Coast.
Lidia joins a long list of hurricanes that have rapidly intensified in the hours right before landfall in recent years, going from a Category 1 to a Category 4 before slamming into the coastline near Puerto Vallarta.
Meteorologist Bob Henson explains: “Lidia's top sustained winds increased more than predicted, and in spectacular fashion—from 70 mph to 140 mph in the 24 hours before it made landfall. A growing body of research is finding links between rapid intensification and human-caused climate change.”
UPDATE: Category 4 Hurricane #Lidia makes landfall about 35 miles SSW of Puerto Vallarta, #Mexico at 6:00 PM MDT.
— Jeremy Nelson (@jnelsonWJCL)
12:17 AM • Oct 11, 2023
Near-shore ocean temperatures are warming, and when hurricanes like Lidia intensify in the few hours before landfall, it reduces the time that authorities and residents have to respond and prepare. It’s another one of those sinister ways that climate change is making extreme weather worse.
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