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  Summer Getting Started Early

  May 21, 2012; 10:45 AM ET

  Summer is a time for heat and humidity, tropical weather, and even severe thunderstorms. All three are on display across the country this week.

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  Warming Things up Heading toward Memorial Day

  May 16, 2012; 10:11 AM ET

  A warmer-than-normal pattern appears likely for much of the rest of the month for many areas from the Plains on East.

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  Beneficial Rains for Some

  May 14, 2012; 10:15 AM ET

  Beneficial rains will continue to bring both short-term and long-term precipitation deficits down over the next two or three days from Texas to the East.

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  Dry North and West, But Wet South and East

  May 11, 2012; 9:53 AM ET

  Much of the West and northern tier of states will enjoy a stretch of dry and warm weather into next week, while much of the South and a good part of the East are, or will soon turn, wet with temperatures near to below normal on average.

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  Shifting Heat Will Pop up West Next Week

  May 10, 2012; 10:12 AM ET

  Pockets of heat continue to come and quickly go, with another one set to pop up in the Northwest Sunday and Monday.

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  Sluggish Upper-Level Low to Deliver Plenty of Rain

  May 9, 2012; 10:32 AM ET

  A rather small looking feature over northwest Mexico may become a wet weather maker for a lot of people across the South and into the East over the next week.

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  Not a Hot Week Ahead

  May 8, 2012; 10:29 AM ET

  The next week won't be hot for most of the country. What heat there is now over California will spread through the Northwest this afternoon, and into the northern Rockies tomorrow, then the northern and central Plains and eastern Rockies Thursday before running out of steam Friday into the weekend.

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  High Amplitude Remains King

  May 4, 2012; 9:58 AM ET

  The high amplitude pattern will lead to a continuation of weather extremes into early next week across the country.

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  Racing Toward Summer

  May 2, 2012; 10:10 AM ET

  Even though we're not quite halfway through spring, much of the country appears to be racing toward summer, with plenty of heat across the southern half of the country, and more than enough severe weather around the periphery of the heat this week.

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  Yet Another Surge of Warmth

  May 1, 2012; 10:37 AM ET

  Another surge of warmth will advance across the Mississippi Valley into the Ohio Valley today, eventually encompassing much of the East Friday into Saturday.

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  Highlights to End April

  Apr 27, 2012; 10:08 AM ET

  The week of extremes will begin to fade as we finish out the month and get ready to begin the month of May.

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  Weather Extremes to Fade After This Weekend

  Apr 26, 2012; 10:32 AM ET

  From record warmth to snow and freezes, the pattern has been extreme of late, and will remain so through the weekend before the extremes fade next week.

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  Active Weather Pattern Finishing Out April

  Apr 24, 2012; 9:57 AM ET

  The weather will be active for the rest of April as a very cool air mass across Canada butts up against a record warm air mass currently in place across the Rockies and Plains states.

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  A Land of Extremes

  Apr 23, 2012; 9:59 AM ET

  Record highs were smashed in the West Sunday, while the warmth of recent days in the East has given way to rain, and even snow in the mountains of West Virginia into Pennsylvania.

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  Summer To Winter in A Weekend

  Apr 20, 2012; 10:06 AM ET

  From summer warmth to winters chill, a big storm will erase the recent run of warmth in the Northeast.