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Currently in Austin — October 11, 2023: Rain chances decreasing
Plus, Hurricane Lidia makes landfall near Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
Eric Holthaus & A Hebert
October 11, 2023
The weather, currently.
A chance of scattered showers
Rain chances decreasing
A ho-hum Hump Day weather forecast offers only a slight chance of showers before 1pm, and we’ll reach a nice 80 degrees thanks to a mostly cloudy sky. Wednesday night sees continuing cloud cover, with a low around 66. It’s the perfect time to plan where to watch Saturday’s annular eclipse, including 17 state parks within the path of greatest visibility. While Austin is not in the direct path of total annularity, we will be able to see a partial eclipse at its peak at 88.6% obscuration at 11:54 am on Saturday.
-Anne Hebert
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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