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[July 08, 2010] (AP) The heat wave in the Eastern Seaboard would continue to taper off Thursday, according to forecasters.

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Areas from New England down to portions of the Mid-Atlantic would see more relief from the heat as a disturbance slid down the coastline and ushered easterly winds ashore. Unfortunately, cooling would not reach portions of the Tennessee Valley and the interior Southeast. Thus, well above normal temperatures with daytime highs near or above the century mark would persist.

Meanwhile, wet and stormy weather conditions would continue across the central U.S. as a cold front moved eastward into the upper Great Lakes. Instability along the front would translate into scattered showers and thunderstorms with pockets of heavy rainfall from the upper Great Lakes through the southern Plains. Oklahoma and Texas would experience the heaviest rains and the strongest storms. Farther south, more rain and thunderstorms were expected in southeastern Texas and southern Louisiana as an area of low pressure in the western Gulf of Mexico continued to push subtropical moisture across portions of the central and western Gulf Coast. Forecasters said this Gulf low might strengthen to tropical depression strength before it reached the coast of northeastern Mexico or southern Texas on Thursday.

Finally, calm weather conditions with variable temperatures would remain over the West. A persistent marine layer would keep the California coast under low clouds and fog with below normal temperatures, while offshore winds would allow the Pacific Northwest to see daytime highs in the 90s.

Temperatures in the Lower 48 states Wednesday ranged from a low of 27 degrees at Pahaska, Wyo., to a high of 116 Death Valley, Calif.

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[Associated Press article from Weather Underground]