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Warm start to October; shower chances return Friday
WBAL Baltimore (Hearst) and WTNH News8 (Nexstar, New Haven) describe the same event in different terms.
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What happenedTemperatures are forecast to peak around 80º both Thursday and Friday. An incoming cold front brings the chance of scattered showers Friday afternoon and evening.
The headline splitWGAL8 (Hearst, Lancaster) frames it as "Warm start to October; shower chances return Friday". WFMY News 2 (Tegna, Greensboro) frames it as "Weather Impact: Warm start to October, soggy at times this weekend".
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Warm start to October; shower chances return Friday
Temperatures are forecast to peak around 80º both Thursday and Friday. An incoming cold front brings the chance of scattered showers Friday afternoon and evening.
Much warmer weather to start October through Friday! A cold front comes through Friday evening/night with a few showers. Saturday is pick of the weekend with sun and dry weather as rain wil...
