Taban Sharifi grew up in Southern California between Los Angeles and San Diego. She is a Certified Broadcast Meteorologist (CBM) with the American Meteorological Society (AMS). She has a B.S. in Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Environmental Sciences with a minor in Environmental Systems and Society from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Go Bruins! While in school, Taban was a meteorology intern with NBC LA. There she helped forecast daily weather for the greater Los Angeles region and created a playbook to deploy weather sensors for NBC owned-and-operated stations across the country. Her first on-air job took her to San Angelo, Texas, where she was a morning meteorologist and co-anchor. Working in West Texas gave her knowledge and experience covering severe storms. From there, she moved to Palm Springs, California. People think forecasting in California is sunshine all the time, but with temperatures in the 120’s, wildfires, damaging winds, floodings, and earthquakes, the forecasting kept her very busy! She also worked there as a general assignment reporter and told community stories. Taban is excited for the challenge and opportunity to forecast nationally with WeatherNation. She also looks forward to exploring all that Colorado has to offer!

Taban Sharifi

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A significant and long-lasting heat wave is currently impacting two-thirds of the population, prompting widespread heat alerts (above).Unusual and intense heat and humidity have settled over the Middle Mississippi and Ohio Valleys and are expected to persist through early next week. The Heat Risk for much of the country is red, which is a major level of heat risk. There are even many areas of purple, which is the highest level of heat danger: Extreme. These locations need to limit time outdoors, stay hydrated, and check on your neighbors.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/07/Screenshot 2025-07-28 082612-1753712775637.png"><h1>Southeast</h1>Tampa, Florida, has already broken an all-time record high! Reaching 100° beats out the old record of 99° set on June 26, 2020. When you're breaking all-time records in FLORIDA, that's how you know how hot it truly is.<div class="twitter-tweet" style="display: flex; justify-content: center" data-twitt-post-id="1949564203418910882" src="https://x.com/WeatherNation/status/1949564203418910882"></div>Heat alerts continue through Monday across the Southeast, with Heat Risk levels at their highest in the country. Most of the southeast is at extreme Heat Risk Monday.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/07/Screenshot 2025-07-28 082634-1753712798363.png">Highs are expected to climb into the upper 90s and may even reach 100 degrees in some areas. When combined with elevated humidity, the heat index could exceed 110 to 115 degrees, a level of heat that can be hazardous even for healthy individuals. These conditions are particularly dangerous for vulnerable populations such as the elderly, children, outdoor workers, and those without access to reliable air conditioning or hydration.&nbsp;<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/07/Screenshot 2025-07-28 082647-1753712810465.png">What makes this heat wave especially troubling is its expected duration and the lack of overnight relief. Typically, cooler nighttime temperatures help the body recover from the daytime heat, but high humidity levels are keeping nighttime temperatures elevated, offering little reprieve.<h1>Mid South</h1>Heat alerts are expected to continue across parts of the Gulf Coast and Mississippi River Valley throughout the week. Just like parts of the Southeast, heat index values are going to climb to over dangerous levels near 115 degrees. The high heat levels across this region will continue through most of next week!<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/07/Screenshot 2025-07-28 082658-1753712822225.png"><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/07/Screenshot 2025-07-28 082708-1753712832664.png"><h1>Upper Midwest</h1>Heat alerts have been reissued for parts of the Upper Midwest through Monday evening. Unlike the South, relief is on the way with a cold front and much cooler temperatures for the middle and end of next week!<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/07/Screenshot 2025-07-28 082720-1753712843377.png"><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/07/Screenshot 2025-07-28 082729-1753712853358.png"><h1>Northeast</h1>We even have heat advisories in the northeastern U.S, in particular, New England. Feels like temperatures here are likely to rise to 95-100°F Monday through Wednesday before our next trough moves in.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/07/Screenshot 2025-07-28 082743-1753712867116.png">Hot today, hotter by Tuesday.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/07/Screenshot 2025-07-28 082806-1753712889905.png">Stay weather-aware and take heat seriously. This prolonged exposure to heat increases the risk of heat-related illnesses such as heat exhaustion, heat stroke, and dehydration. <img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/07/Web 10 -1753017961842.png">Tune into WeatherNation for more top weather headlines.

Tampa Sets All-Time Record High Yesterday; Hundreds of Millions Sweating It Out

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Kevin Schneider

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After monitoring a weak low-pressure system in the Gulf all of last week, the Atlantic Basin is quiet for now. Tropical waves moving off of Africa may have a slim chance to develop next week. The coast near the Carolinas is another area we may need to monitor in the mid-range forecast (6-10 day window).The Pacific is looking more active. Iona has now become a hurricane, and Tropical Depression Two-C formed early Monday morning. <h1>Pacific Basins</h1>Iona strengthened to a Category 1 Hurricane Monday morning. Since the storm formed west of 140° longitude, it got a name from the seldom-used Central Pacific Region. Another tropical wave just behind it has a high chance to develop right on Iona's heels.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/07/Screenshot 2025-07-28 083933-1753713600282.png"><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/07/Screenshot 2025-07-28 084214-1753713754003.png">Iona will continue to intensify, likely peaking at category 2, 100 mph winds on Tuesday. While Iona is not expected to impact Hawaii directly, big swells could lead to dangerous waves and currents on the beaches and offshore waters through the middle of the week.<video src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/07/2025-07-28 08-59-01-1753707619024.mp4" controls="true" width="100%"></video>The NHC is also watching three tropical waves in the Eastern Pacific. It is still too early to determine it there will be any potential impacts to Mexico or the U.S.<h1>Why Has the Atlantic Been So "Quiet"?</h1>There are several factors contributing to the quieter tropics. Wind shear is a significant one, along with other large-scale disruptions, such as the displacement of a Hadley cell, which leads to additional sinking air closer to the tropics rather than farther north. Saharan dust and less robust warming of the ocean in some areas are also contributing factors.<h2>Saharan Dust</h2>Forecast models keep dust plumes from Africa from traveling across the Atlantic. This can suppress tropical activity since tropical systems favor moisture. You can see the Saharan Dust trailing behind the area of low pressure moving into the Gulf.<video src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/07/2025-07-28 09-01-22-1753707712021.mp4" controls="true" width="100%"></video><h2>Ocean Temperatures</h2>In what is known as the Main Development Region (MDR), sea surface temperatures have been a little cooler than the record-breaking pace they've been on the last two seasons (23' &amp; 24'). Tropical systems typically need sea surface temperatures of 80° at a depth of 150 ft for tropical formation. Currently, in the MDR, our temperatures are in the high 70s. We are slowly seeing some SSTs climbing to around 80°.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/07/Screenshot 2025-07-28 082413-1753712658733.png">In fact, a lot of the season, in comparison to last year and the year before, has been a bit cooler. However, if you look at the numbers, it's been hovering around normal.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/07/Screenshot 2025-07-22 142616-1753216233169.png">So what is actually normal? If we look only at the number of storms, it appears we're ahead of schedule. However, accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) in the Atlantic is less than 20% of normal for this point in the season.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/07/Screenshot 2025-07-22 143043-1753216287218.png"><h1>Looking Ahead</h1>This early in the season, we're still trend spotting. Without a persistent El Niño setup to bring additional shear, we watch the water temperatures. In the Main Development Region, waters had been trending cooler - not anymore. Over the past few weeks, a noticeable spike in Ocean Heat Content has caused those temperatures through the column to average. Will this lead to a tropical wave developing into an organized system this week? It might, but the hostile conditions in the Atlantic won't give it much time, so the odds are not looking great.<video src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/07/2025-07-26 09-41-04-1753544483254.mp4" controls="true" width="100%"></video>

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TROPICS: Iona, TD 2-C in the Pacific, Atlantic Stays Quiet

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After rounds of storms tracked through the northern Plains and Midwest the last few days, a slow-moving front will keep the severe weather threat around through at least Wednesday. The good news for folks in this region - a big cool down will eventually follow the rounds of storms!<h1>Severe Weather Outlooks</h1>The Storm Prediction Center jumped the outlook from a slight risk for severe storms (level 2 out of 5) to a MODERATE risk (level 4 out of 5) with added confidence in those storms today.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/07/Screenshot 2025-07-28 051141-1753701112160.jpg">In their forecast discussion, the Storm Prediction Center is expecting "several gusts to exceed 75 mph." A derecho is a special cluster of thunderstorms that produces a swath of wind damage at least 250 miles long. <img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/07/Screenshot 2025-07-28 080419-1753711476614.png">Why? Because it is SO unstable - afternoon highs in the upper 90's with dew point temperatures nearing 80 in some spots are pushing the amount of energy available for these storms off of the scale.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/07/Screenshot 2025-07-28 052500-1753701912832.jpg">While damaging winds will be the biggest concern, large hail and a few tornadoes will also be possible this afternoon. The intensity of these storms probably won't back off much, even after sunset, so have ways to receive warnings overnight. <video src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/07/0728-1753711539059.mp4" controls="true" width="100%"></video>The risk continues along the frontal boundary by Tuesday as storms move slightly farther south to include the I-80 corridor from Cheyenne to Chicago. By Wednesday the threat continues farther to the south, bringing the stormy skies to Missouri.<h1><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/07/Screenshot 2025-07-28 053033-1753702261861.jpg"><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/07/Screenshot 2025-07-28 080652-1753711615351.png">Flooding</h1>Watch for isolated to scattered flooding threats over the next few days as these storms continue to move through the region.<video src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/07/07281-1753711670187.mp4" controls="true" width="100%"></video>

Derecho Likely This Evening in the Midwest

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The Dog Days of Summer might get told to heel by the end of the week. If your eyes lit up reading that sentence, I'm with you. Each one of these stretches of heat seems to take longer than the last to subside.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/07/tomer chicago meteo-1753642540678.jpg">A strong cold front delivers a 20 degree temperature drop! Not to mention a massive drop in humidity. Dewpoints drop from the 70s into the 40s.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/07/Screenshot 2025-07-27 061724-1753618657245.jpg">The early August temperature outlook is below normal (in the blue shaded areas).<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/07/tomer early august temps-1753662798112.jpg">Stay with WeatherNation for the latest.

Who's Ready for a Cold Front?

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Hot temperatures along the East Coast fueled thunderstorms on Friday and Saturday, which produced wind gusts over 60 mph! Additional storms with a flooding potential will follow into the final day of the weekend as a weak low-pressure system moves toward the coast. Thunderstorm chances will keep temps down into the 70s and 80s. However, the heat returns into the first part of the week until another cold front moves in by midweek!<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/07/forecast hgishshs tems-1753644535732.png"><h1>Forecast</h1>A front continues to move through the northeast, producing showers and thunderstorms. Damaging winds will be the primary concern once again, a day after a few locations saw winds gusting to 60 mph. The Storm Prediction Center upgraded areas around Washington, D.C. to a SLIGHT risk for severe thunderstorms.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/07/Screenshot 2025-07-27 162459-1753655103079.png">Storms will linger into the early evening and dissipate after 11 p.m.<video src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/07/0727-1753655141445.mp4" controls="true" width="100%"></video><h1>Rainfall &amp; Flooding</h1>Heavy rain is expected, especially where multiple thunderstorms are able to form. Isolated flash flood potential is being highlighted by the WPC in the region through tonight.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/07/THRSO-1753644309915.png">Georgetown, DE broke a record for rainfall Sunday. <img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/07/Screenshot 2025-07-27 162650-1753655219187.png">More details can be found during your Eastern Regional Forecast :10 past the hour.

Stormy Pattern For The Northeast Sunday

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Yep you read that right. The standing water from recent rains along with the water pulled out of the ground by stalks of corn can help make hot afternoons worse. Don't believe us? The National Weather Service follows this closely in the months of July and August, as the corn matures.READ MORE: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.weathernationtv.com/news/what-exactly-is-corn-sweat">All About Corn Sweat</a><div data-youtube-video=""><iframe width="640" height="480" allowfullscreen="false" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/pyOT3C-_FHY" start="0"></iframe></div>Just tacking on a few degrees on the dew point temperature can make a huge difference! Some localized areas could sneak into the upper 70's and low 80's thanks to the corn. Imagine a 5% increase in the humidity.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/07/Screenshot 2025-07-22 104736-1753203165516.png">That can jump the Heat Index by 5° if you're hot enough! It makes a difference after a while.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/07/Screenshot 2025-07-22 104925-1753203019827.png">As with any sort of heat-related danger, it comes down to preparation - drinking plenty of water, and taking plenty of breaks. Be sure to check on your neighbors, even if they are a few miles away!

Rob Bradley

"Sweating" Corn Can Ramp Up Humidity in the Midwest

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Rob grew up in South Florida, where daily afternoon storms and hurricanes piqued his interest in meteorology early on. That interest was fostered by his teachers and his father, who one time brought him onto the roof of their home to watch a funnel cloud move through the Everglades several miles away. Years of filmmaking and tv production in high school gradually pushed him toward broadcast meteorology at Florida State University, where he joined and eventually led the student run daily weather show. After graduating with a Bachelors of Science in Meteorology, he began his career at KESQ in Palm Springs, California before heading to KFSN in Fresno and WLOS in Asheville, North Carolina. He has covered a diverse array of extreme weather events, including haboobs and flash flooding in the desert, extreme snow in the Sierra, hurricanes, and Appalachian ice storms. He also enjoys telling stories and reporting about weather issues.

Connect with Rob on <a href="https://twitter.com/WxRobBradley">Twitter</a>

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Rounds of rain have been rolling through the Plains and Midwest, leading to saturated soils. This has lead to a more significant flood potential into the early morning hours Saturday, before rain chances drop quickly through the rest of the weekend. A level 3 out of 4 risk (top of page) for flash flooding is in effect through early Saturday morning.In addition to flooding, scattered damaging winds and hail are possible from thunderstorms in the Front Range of Colorado and near the low-pressure system from Oklahoma into Missouri.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/07/Screenshot 2025-07-25 211906-1753499959778.png">The low could help create enough turning motion to spur an isolated tornado. <img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/07/Screenshot 2025-07-25 211941-1753499988944.png"><h1>Forecast</h1>Storms will continue to rumble across the Kansas City area after midnight, with conditions settling down by daybreak. <video src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/07/overnightkc-1753500111079.mp4" controls="true" width="100%"></video>Additional rainfall of 2-4 inches will be possible, particularly in stronger storms.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/07/Screenshot 2025-07-25 212216-1753500155044.png">

Who's Ready for a Cold Front?

Tampa Sets All-Time Record High Yesterday; Hundreds of Millions Sweating It Out

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TROPICS: Iona, TD 2-C in the Pacific, Atlantic Stays Quiet

After monitoring a weak low-pressure system i

Derecho Likely This Evening in the Midwest

After rounds of storms tracked through the no

Who's Ready for a Cold Front?

The Dog Days of Summer might get told to heel

Stormy Pattern For The Northeast Sunday

Hot temperatures along the East Coast fueled

"Sweating" Corn Can Ramp Up Humidity in the Midwest

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Flash Flood & Tornado Risk Remain Elevated Overnight in Kansas & Missouri

Rounds of rain have been rolling through the