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A GOES-16 IR (10.3 micron) satellite imagery loop of the CONUS showing clusters of showers and thunderstorms associated with Potential T.C. Nine near the Bahamas early this evening, while a rather strong cold front across the central Plains and Midwest is seen producing a broken axis of heavy showers and thunderstorms, including pockets of severe weather and some flash flooding. | NOAA NWS Weather Prediction Center