Mostly dry will prevail across the nation’s southeastern quadrant, facilitating hurricane recovery efforts in Florida, the harvesting of cotton and peanuts in the Carolinas and Virginia, as well as summer crop harvesting from the lower Corn Belt to the Gulf Coast.  However, scattered showers will return to southern Florida later in the weekend.  Meanwhile, a strong but mostly dry cold front will usher sharply colder air into the Midwest today before sweeping across the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast Friday. 

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