Currently in Austin — September 25, 2023: Calmer after a big hailstorm

The weather, currently.

Damaging hail surprised a big part of the Austin metro area last night, with a cold front roiling the atmosphere and popping up some big thunderstorms with up to baseball-sized hailstones. The chance of severe weather decreases on Monday, with a 30% chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Cloud cover gradually changes to sun, with a high near 95. Monday night sees a 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms and a low around 73. Skies will gradually clear, offering slightly cooler days with highs in the low to mid 90s for the rest of the week.

-Anne Hebert

What you need to know, currently.

Fall is here, and so far the trees are not disappointing this year.

My new favorite fall leaf-peeping guide is Explore Fall, which daily auto-generates a 7-day forecasted fall-colors map on almost a neighborhood scale based on weather, soil moisture, sunlight, and citizen science observations for the entire lower 48 states (sorry, no Canada yet).

Here in Minnesota, I tested out the algorithm on a few hikes this weekend and the leaves were stellar. It’s that time of year where the leaves seem to change almost hour-by-hour, so if you have a chance to get out there, don’t miss it.

— Eric Holthaus

What you can do, currently.

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