Later in the afternoon, there will be a few scattered showers. By midnight it will become cloudy in most areas and there will be heavy rain with winds becoming strong and reaching gale force along the coast.
Four weather related deaths were reported in California this morning and residents are buckling down for another night of temperatures hovering between 30 to 40 degrees with gusty winds that make it feel even colder.
Power's been cut off to hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses because California's largest utility company doesn't want its equipment sparking new fires in the windy conditions.
This phenomenon led engineers to begin testing models of tall buildings in wind tunnels at design stage, assessing the potential impact of high winds on structures before they were constructed.
But if you have extreme heat, extreme drought in place, maybe a freeze or a snowstorm or a strong wind, certainly that can do damage, a reason for you not being able to see them in peak foliage.
Hundreds of volunteers took part to make sure the bags hold air, to see how they handle if the wind kicks up and it's a testing ground for the handlers themselves as managing these things does take some technique.
There was a strong wind. It had to be 30 to 40 miles an hour. There was a woman with four kids. One was in a pushchair. The wind blew the baby onto the tracks.
Because in addition to sustained hurricane winds and storm surges, Florence could bring as much as 40 inches of rain to these areas and that could cause catastrophic flooding to the Carolinas that could last into next week.