Currently in Seattle — October 6, 2023: Sunny and 70's all weekend

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The weather, currently.

After a bit of fog burns off on Friday, the weekend will be sunny and warm.

Highs will reach 73 on Friday, and as high as 77 on Saturday before cooling off to 71 on Sunday. By the time late evening rain rolls around on Sunday, we’ll be ready for it.

While that’s honestly too warm for early October, it will be ideal weather for a visit to a pumpkin patch or a hike in the high country. (The weather in the Cascades and Olympics looks just as nice if about 10 degrees cooler.)

— Loren Drummond

What you need to know, currently.

New data show that September was largest monthly climate anomaly ever observed globally.

The bright red bar at the right side of the graph below is a shocking summation of this year’s extraordinary climate extremes: September 2023 was 0.5°C warmer than any other September in history — a margin that surpasses all of the combined warming of the past 20+ years. It was so unusually hot that climate scientists were left speechless.

Floods, fires, heat waves, droughts — this year has already featured disasters on a massive scale, and the growing El Niño is likely to compound those disasters in the months to come.

We are in a climate emergency — and each of us are already part of the team that can build a better future.

But I get it. This kind of news is so difficult to hear and decide what to do with. Each of us are only one person, and sometimes it feels completely overwhelming to watch the world literally spiral out of control.

Our sister publication, The Phoenix, has some advice for how to navigate your emotions, join with others, and take meaningful action.

— Eric Holthaus

What you can do, currently.

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