Currently in Boston — August 6, 2024: Turning stormy

The weather, currently.

A frontal system is going to be moving across southern New England over the next few days and will bring an increasing chance of showers.

The highest risk of showers will come Tuesday and into Wednesday. Temperatures will be cooler with highs in the 70s. It will still be muggy and some of the showers could come with downpours.

It will turn drier on Thursday and then we need to watch the remnants of Debby which will be moving into the region later Friday and Saturday. This could bring even more rain to the region. The bottom line is that over the next 5 days some areas could see 2 inches of rain, but there is also more of a possibility of some areas seeing 5-7 inches of rain in this timeframe with flooding. Stay tuned.

-Dave Epstein

What you can do, currently.

A Media Matters analysis found that last year — the hottest calendar year on record — network coverage of climate actually declined in the US. What’s worse, just 12% of reports about climate change mentioned fossil fuels as the driving cause. The media still reported on extreme weather, but stopped short of making the climate connection.

Independent climate journalism like Currently is needed more than ever. And this year, with all of these weather warnings already underway, we’ll unfortunately have plenty of opportunities to do better.