11.   Storms will gradually weaken as they move southeast.

12.   Storms will weaken and dissipate Thursday night as they move east of the Appalachians.

13.   The center predicted that the storm would weaken rapidly as it moved northwest over Mexico.

14.   The storm had weakened as it moved through Atlanta, casting a light mist over the city.

15.   The storm had weakened, however, as it moved through Atlanta, casting a light mist over the city.

16.   The storm has weakened a bit and is continuing on a track that makes North Carolina the most likely spot for landfall sometime after midnight.

17.   The swirling storms nearly always weaken, as Erin did early on Wednesday, when the center passes over land.

18.   The storms will weaken as they move toward the Middle West.

19.   Wednesday, this storm will slowly weaken as it reaches the Canadian Maritimes, causing winds to gradually lessen over the Northeast.

20.   But the storm weakened to a disorganized low pressure system on Thursday near the British Turks and Caicos.