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Showers and Cooler Temperatures in the East; Multi-Day Rain Event in the Southwest

A cold front in the East will bring showers and thunderstorms and much cooler temperatures from the Northeast into the Southeast. The Southwest, centered around New Mexico, will continue to see showers and thunderstorms, where there maybe isolated flash flooding. Tropical moisture will bring a multi-day period of thunderstorms and locally heavy rainfall across the Southwest beginning Thursday. Read More >

 
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.AVIATION /12Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... Showers will come to an end from west to east as a strong cold front moves through. Winds will shift to out of the northwest with gusts of 20 to 25 knots this afternoon. VFR conditions will continue tonight through Thursday and Friday. Winds will be out of the north tonight, northeast tomorrow, go light or calm tomorrow night, and then become east to southeasterly on Friday. While conditions start off VFR this weekend, expect some reduced ceilings to impact the eastern terminals by Sunday, if not sooner. Of course this is all dependent on the track of a coastal low developing off the southeastern U.S. Restrictions would be more likely on Sunday if rain showers are able to pivot back toward the I- 95 corridor. Expect mainly northeasterly winds with increasing gusts by Sunday. For the D.C. and Baltimore terminals, gusts up to 20 to 25 knots are possible, perhaps higher. AVIATION...BRO/DHOF/KJP Update as of: 900 AM EDT Wed Oct 8 2025

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