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Severe Thunderstorms and Heavy Rainfall for the Southwest; Heat Spreads Across the Center of the Nation

Moisture will continue to move into areas of the West. This will increase showers and thunderstorms coverage and intensity, with the risk of flash flooding and damaging wind gusts. Meanwhile, heat across the Southwest will expand into the center of the nation this weekend into early next week. Trends favor this heat will spread across the Ohio Valley, mid-Atlantic next week. Read More >

Louisville, Kentucky on July 18.  WHAS/Jamie Martin
Crepuscular rays over Richmond, KY August 15, 2010 Crepuscular rays over Richmond, Kentucky on August 15.  David Pence
Sunset November 3, 2010 in southern Indiana A beautiful sunset as seen from the Floyd/Harrison County line just north of I-64 on November 3.  Mike Schellenberger KC9ALQ
rays Sun rays shining through a hole in the clouds, while small soft hail was falling in Adair County on November 4.  Kristy Keene
Sunrise in Elizabethtown, Kentucky on November 24, 2010 A panoramic photo of the sun rising over Elizabethtown on November 24.  Steven Townsend, Code 3 Images Photography