Currently in San Francisco — June 6, 2023

The weather, currently.

Ready for some more weather whiplash? Tuesday will take us away from summer weather with a drop in temperatures accompanied by rain, thunder, and even hail! This storm is brought to us by a piece of the jet stream that’s gone rogue and wandered over to our neck of the woods. We should see multiple pockets of thunderstorms in the morning, while other areas will likely remain dry and then the low-pressure system should trail off by Wednesday, leaving us with the usual marine layer as our reprieve.

—Priya Shukla

What you need to know, currently.

It’s heatwave season in India, and this year’s cooling monsoon rains are behind schedule.

The annual arrival of the Indian monsoon rains in early June is the most important weather forecast in the world. Grain traders, railway conductors, even India’s stock market pays attention to the forecast. And as with all weather forecasts, it’s the most vulnerable people in society — like day laborers — that must endure the prolonged consequences when these precious rains fail.

When the rains are late, crops can fail, heat waves magnify, and families are thrown in to crisis. Heat waves in South Asia have recently been determined to have been made 30 times more likely due to climate change, and this year’s late monsoon is adding to the misery.

This year, the monsoon rains are delayed and far weaker than normal so far — about 5-7 days behind schedule — but initial rains arrived over the weekend in Chennai in southern India. The India Meteorological Department has a monsoon tracker that’s updated daily.

-Eric Holthaus

What you can do, currently.

Welcome to the new-and-improved Currently!

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Thank you for taking this exciting journey with us!

—Eric Holthaus