Currently in Philadelphia — September 25, 2023: Last bit of rain moves through

The weather, currently.

Tropical storm Ophelia is on her way out, but she isn’t gone quite yet. Is anyone else thinking of that song by The Band? No need to put “boards on the window”, but get ready for a cloudy, windy start to the week. The forecast is showing a roughly 40% chance of rain throughout the day, with up to a quarter-inch of new rainfall. Temperatures are expected to reach 64˚F and will likely stay below 70˚F until the very end of the week, when we’ll start seeing the Sun again. I guess the best things don’t always disappear.

— Abe Musselman

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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