Currently in Portland — November 7th, 2023: Another wet day

The weather, currently.

Tuesday will be another wet day, but it shouldn’t be the downpour of Monday. Instead it’ll be the on-and-off sprinkles that we can expect for most of the next six months. We’ll get a bit more wind, too, but it should top out at 10mph. Overnight will be more of the same, with sprinkles and breezes all night, and lows that won’t dip below the 40s (yet.)

— Stella Harris

What you need to know, currently.

For the first time since August 13, there are no looming hurricane threats in either the Atlantic or the eastern Pacific Oceans. We can declare that this year’s hurricane season is effectively over.

With El Niño in effect and global ocean temperatures at the warmest ever measured, the 2023 hurricane season was busier than usual.

According to data from Colorado State University, Atlantic tropical cyclone activity was 24% above normal, and East Pacific activity was 25% above normal.

Some of the most notable storms: Hurricane Dora was a long-lasting hurricane that trekked much of the way across the Pacific Ocean, fanning winds on Hawaii that rapidly spread wildfires on Maui. Hurricane Hilary made a rare landfall in Southern California. And Hurricane Otis became the strongest landfall in Pacific history in Acapulco, Mexico.

— Eric Holthaus

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