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Showers and Thunderstorms Persist of Florida; Unsettled Pattern Returns to Hawaii

A cold front lingering over Florida will continue to bring showers and thunderstorms to the state and a flash flooding threat to the east coast over the next couple of days. Fire weather concerns are expected in portions of the Florida panhandle into southeastern Georgia. A Kona Low is expected to bring strong winds, widespread heavy rainfall, and flooding concerns to Hawaii through the weekend. Read More >

[6:45 PM Tue 4/7] The South Carolina Forestry Commission issued a statewide Red Flag Fire Alert, which is effective from 6 AM Wednesday 4/8, until further notice. The alert is being issued to strongly discourage people from burning outdoors as weather conditions present an elevated risk of wildfire. In addition to drought intensifying from a lack of significant rainfall, forecasts are calling for low humidity and no precipitation for at least the next week. For more information visit scfc.gov.
Frost is possible across parts of the North Carolina mountains tonight, and then again across parts of the mountains, foothills, and northwest Piedmont of North Carolina Wednesday night. Sensitive vegetation could be affected.