Major Hurricane Erin is churning just north of the Bahamas, bringing dangerous surf and rip currents to much of the U.S. East Coast this week. While Erin should stay offshore, its outer bands may brush the Outer Banks later in the week. Elsewhere, extreme heat grips the Southern Plains and Mississippi Valley, and multiple storm systems keep rainfall active across the South, East, and Southwest.
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January is closing out with no shortage of winter weather. Frigid temperatures will dominate the eastern U.S. for the rest of the week as another round of arctic air spills southward starting Friday. The cold could break more records as far south as Florida. Meanwhile, forecasters are closely tracking a potentially significant East Coast winter storm this weekend that could bring heavy snow, strong winds, and coastal flooding from the Carolinas to New England. Out West, a soggy pattern continues in the Pacific Northwest, with rounds of rain and mountain snow.