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Thunderstorms and Heavy Rainfall in the Mid-Atlantic and Southern New England; Fire Weather Concerns in the West

Heavy rain and isolated severe thunderstorms may continue to bring flash and urban flooding to the northern Mid-Atlantic and southern New England through tonight. Isolated dry thunderstorms will continue to bring a fire weather threat to the northwestern Great Basin through Friday. Read More >

A High Wind Warning is currently out for the Alaska Peninsula until 4pm.  Gusts up to 75mph are possible.  High winds were also observed at St. George Island last night. But what is causing those high winds?

A low pressure system is storming through the Bering Sea which is causing hurricane force winds and almost 80 mph gusts! You can see the low pressure in this image by the curl located just east of the Pribilofs.