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Heavy Rain in the Southern Appalachians; Fire Weather and Heat in the West; Monitoring Tropical Storm Erin

Heavy to excessive rainfall over the southern Appalachians may bring areas of flooding today. Gusty winds and low relative humidity will bring critical fire weather conditions to parts of the Great Basin and northern Rockies today and Thursday. Hot to extremely hot temperatures are in place through today across parts of the western U.S. Read More >

If you think it's been warm and dry this fall, you're right! We still have most of November ahead of us, but so far it is shaping up to be one of the warmest and driest autumns on record. As of Thursday, November 3rd, most of Kentucky and parts of Indiana were in a moderate drought (D1), with abnormally dry conditions (D0) noted north of Interstate 64. While a lot can still happen in 24 days, here is how we stack up so far: