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Scattered showers & storms overnight with sunny and warm conditions for Thursday!

WMTW8 (Hearst, Portland ME) and WTNH News8 (Nexstar, New Haven) describe the same event in different terms.

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What happenedScattered showers & storms overnight with sunny and warm conditions for Thursday!.
What changedWTNH News8 (Nexstar, New Haven) frames it as "Scattered showers & storms overnight with sunny and warm conditions for Thursday!". WMTW8 (Hearst, Portland ME) frames it as "Showers and storms become more numerous in Maine Thursday".
ConfidenceLow. Two-source or narrow-bucket comparison.
Archive healthDeveloping · 2 sources · 1 bucket

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Still Watching. WTNH News8 (Nexstar, New Haven) frames it as "Scattered showers & storms overnight with sunny and warm conditions for Thursday!". WMTW8 (Hearst, Portland ME) frames it as "Showers and storms become more numerous in Maine Thursday".

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Aug 12, 11:20 PM: WMTW8 (Hearst, Portland ME) joined the source map.

Aug 13, 12:25 AM: WTNH News8 (Nexstar, New Haven) joined the source map.

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WTNH News8 (Nexstar, New Haven)5m ago

Scattered showers & storms overnight with sunny and warm conditions for Thursday!

Western wildfire smoke in the sky through the end of this week. Our air quality levels could be lower at times too! Showers/thunderstorms overnight. Mainly dry Thursday with moderate humidi...

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