Currently in Portland — June 14, 2023: A partly cloudy day in the high 60s comes as a relief (at least for me.)

The weather, currently.

Having broken a sweat the last couple of days, I'm thrilled to see a cooldown coming. Wednesday isn't even going to make it past the high 60s, so if you've got gardening, heavy lifting, or any other exhausting work to do—Wednesday is the day for it. It's going to feel like the weather we were having a month ago, and I'm so glad. We'll also be getting a fair amount of sunshine with the clouds, so it'll still feel like spring. Wednesday night will cool down just into the 40s and there will be a significant breeze, too. So windows might end up getting closed overnight!

— Stella Harris

What you need to know, currently.

South Asia faces a new extreme weather threat: Cyclone Biparjoy is expected to make landfall near the Pakistan/India border on Thursday.

Biparjoy is now one of the strongest/longest lasting cyclones ever measured in the Indian Ocean basin. Thankfully, Biparjoy should be weakening by the time it makes landfall, but it’s still expected to bring more than 200mm (7.87 in) of rainfall and coastal storm surge of 2-3 meters (6-10 ft) to parts of Gujarat state in India.

This year’s Indian Ocean cyclone season activity is running at 392% of normal — a sharp contrast the the extremely meager rains of monsoon season so far, which are 55% below normal. Comprehensive tropical cyclone records in the Indian Ocean began in 1972, and monsoon records date back to 1871.

This year’s boom-bust rainfall pattern in India fits with the pattern of how climate change affects the hydrologic cycle, prompting an increase in frequency in both droughts and floods at the same time.

—Eric Holthaus

What you can do, currently.

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—Eric Holthaus