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Excessive Rainfall Possible This Weekend; October Heat Wave in California

A slow moving front will be the focus area for heavy to excessive rainfall and a threat for flash/urban flooding across the northern Gulf Coast and Southeast U.S. through this weekend. Abnormally hot, potentially record-breaking, temperatures will impact southern California and stretch north toward the Bay Area and Central Valley into next week. Read More >

A cold front continues to push southward into southern Virginia. On the north side of this front, from west-central Virginia to Northeast Maryland, a broad area of light rain ensues into the early morning hours this morning. Eventually, today into this evening, dry air will be ushered in on a building area of high pressure to the north of the front. High temperatures today will be noticeably cooler. More rain on the way late tonight and during the day Sunday.
As Canadian high pressure builds over the region, near to below freezing overnight lows are expected on Mon/Tue nights. This is especially the case over the Alleghenies, possibly extending eastward to the Shenandoah Valley.
These SKYWARN classes are being held this Fall. Additional information can be found at weather.gov/lwx/skywarn.