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From the east west coast, maybe bermuda will have a category 1 storm but that will be just a glancing blow. we are stealing moisture from the tropics and joaquin in what we call an atmospheric river heading towards south carolina. this cutoff low towards florida and the panhandle is pumping like a fire hose almost. think of it spraying out right into south carolina, all this high octane tropical air. and that's why we have this rivet of extremely heavy rain that sat over charleston, now 6 to 7 inches of rainfall just within about 8:00 p.m. last night. that's a lot of rain in a short period of ...

>> now we turn our attention to a new line of storms targeting a wide swath from north carolina down to the mexican border. part of a stubborn system that will take until the weekend to burn the energy out. carl parker is back with us today. what are we looking at this afternoon, carl? >> stubborn really says it. it's a slow-moving cutoff low that will drift towards the east. let's look at where that feature is right now. we have this big upper low in the middle of the country and some energy will spin out from that and move into the gulf coast over the next several hours here. so we'll see an...

Hawaii is looking kind of calm after rain, hail and even a tornado. weather is expected to break today. how is it going to be outside where you are? nbc meteorologist bill karins has those details. good morning. >> good saturday morning to you, alex. we have a nice warm weather pattern heading for most areas of country as we go through the tail end of weekend. it's chilly in a few spots this morning. we've had the cutoff low, soggy and cool weather is being brought to texas. new england, we're very chilly this morning. a big storm coming from the northwest as we go to the end of this weekend a...

Cutoff low. this cutoff low is responsible for the historic rainfall. the possible in one or 200 event, into south carolina. because it's going to draw the moisture from joaquin up into south carolina. this is a hose that's going straight into the carolinas. it started yesterday in eastern north carolina. they picked up a foot of rainfall just in the north and to the east -- to the west of wilmington last night. that's why we still have flood watches for this area. we already have a couple of flash flood warnings for the charlotte area and for charleston. they picked up six inches of rain alon...

And you can is see, i mean, well defined eye here. a perfect looking storm on satellite. again, this is one that battered the bahamas for really over 48 hours. the pictures i'm sure will be devastating coming out of the bahamas. we're at 155. at 156, 157, that's when it becomes our highest, the most powerful storm on the scale. we have a cut-off low helping to funnel all the moisture off the southeast. that is what is stagger this storm to the north and east. bermuda is going to have to keep a close eye tomorrow into monday. so you can see. here's the hurricane. here is our cutoff low. the moi...