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Above average temperatures return to the viewing area today with well-above average highs for the start of October. I do not expect any rain through the first weekend of the month.

High pressure has returned, leading to dry and quiet weather as we end September and begin October.

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Hurricane Melissa has strengthened into a major Category 3 hurricane, unleashing torrential rain and threatening to cause catastrophic flooding in the northern Caribbean, including Haiti and Jamaica.