Weather Thursday August 8 2024 East Coast rain from the remains of Debby...Wet four corners

.Debby to move slowly inland through northeast South Carolina intowestern North Carolina Wednesday night-Thursday, then more rapidlynortheastward Friday-Saturday from the Central Appalachians into NorthernNew England......Heavy rains, flash and river flooding likely along and to the north andnortheast of Debby, while isolated tornadoes possible to the east of thetrack......Much above average temperatures to persist next two days across much ofthe West into the Southern Plains and South, while  below averagetemperatures spread across the Northern and Central Plains and UpperMississippi Valley......Record heat coming to and end from the Southwest into the South by theend of the week......Fire weather threat and poor air quality continue from the PacificNorthwest into the Northern Rockies and Great Basin...Debby will make its second U.S. landfall Wednesday evening along the SouthCarolina coast and push slowly northwestward through northeast SouthCarolina Wednesday night into Thursday, across western North Carolinaduring Thursday and then accelerate to the northeast from the CentralAppalachians into Northern New England Friday into Saturday.  Sustainedwinds with Debby will be lessening as the storm pushes inland and weakens,with heavy rains, flash flooding and river flooding being the primarythreat as the system pushes northwestward and then more to the north andnortheast over the next few days.  The continued slow motions of Debbythrough Thursday will produce rainfall totals in the 4-8 inch range, withlocally heavier amounts, across northeast South Carolina, southeast tocentral North Carolina into western Virginia, eastern West Virginia andfar western Maryland.  Flood watches are currently in effect across theseareas, affecting  approximately 19 million people.  As the storm begins toaccelerate to the northeast on Friday through the northern Mid-Atlantic,northern NY State and northern New England, expected precipitation amountswill likely be less than when the storm is slower moving.  Still, rainfalltotals of 2-4" likely across central to eastern Pennsylvania, central tonorthern NY State into northern New England, continuing the threat offlash and river flooding across these areas. No let up to the much above average temperatures over the next two daysacross much of the West into the Southern Plains and South, with recordhigh potential Thursday across portions of Texas and the northeast GulfCoast from southeast Louisiana into North Florida and again on Friday fromsoutheast Louisiana into the Florida Panhandle.  While temperatures arestill above average from the West into the South over the next few days,it does appear that record high potential will be coming to an end by theweekend,   Heat advisories are currently in effect across the SouthernPlains into the South, affecting nearly 44 million people.