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Currently in Philadelphia — October 24, 2023: Chilly morning, but warming up
Plus, a tropical cyclone could bring 10 years of rainfall to Yemen this week.
Abe Musselman & Eric Holthaus
October 23, 2023
The weather, currently.
Cold morning, but warming up
One of my work-from-home productivity tricks is to never let your feet get too cozy. Once the socks go on, it’s game over. But this week has made me consider being more lenient on myself. This will be another chilly morning, potentially bringing some frost in the suburbs. But things will warm up quickly, and today will reach a high of 66˚F, with skies remaining sunny and clear throughout the day. The winds are also predicted to die down to about 5 miles per hour, you also won’t have to worry about the wind chill as much.
— Abe Musselman
What you need to know, currently.
Tropical Cyclone Tej is approaching the Arabian Peninsula on Tuesday, and could stall just inland of the coast of Yemen.
It’s a rare situation in a region that receives only 50mm (2 in) of rain on average per year. Some weather models show Tej could bring more than 500 mm (20 in) to parts of eastern Yemen — the equivalent of 10 years of rain in just 24 hours.
According to The Guardian, Tej will be only the second hurricane-strength tropical cyclone to make landfall in Yemen in recorded history. Authorities in Yemen have closed schools and told fishermen not to go to sea. Neighboring Oman has also taken emergency precautions to anticipate the storm.
Some forecast models predict that 20-30 inches of rain could fall in the next 24 hours near Al Ghaydah, Yemen, as Tropical Cyclone Tej stalls over the region.
Al Ghaydah receives ~2 inches of rain per year, which means over 10 year's worth of rain could fall in just 24 hours,… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
— Colin McCarthy (@US_Stormwatch)
8:38 PM • Oct 23, 2023
A study last year from Khalifa University in the United Arab Emirates found that the warming waters of the Arabian Sea should produce an increasing number of tropical cyclones in years to come.
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