WeatherNation Meteorologists

headshotspng-1676305264677.png

<div class="twitter-tweet" style="display: flex; justify-content: center" data-twitt-post-id="1983189057917333570" src="https://x.com/NHC_Atlantic/status/1983189057917333570"></div><h3>KEY MESSAGES: Melissa has now become the 3rd strongest Hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic Basin with a central pressure dropping to 892mb.</h3><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/10/Web 11-1761662039830.png"><ul><li>Catastrophic and life-threatening flash flooding with numerous landslides for Jamaica, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, and Cuba</li><li>Destructive, devastating winds for Jamaica with the potential to cause structural failure</li><li>Life-threatening storm surge and damaging waves for Jamaica, Cuba, the Southeast Bahamas, and Turks and Caicos</li><li>Hurricane preparations for the Bahamas and Turks and Caicos should be complete by Tuesday night</li></ul><div class="twitter-tweet" style="display: flex; justify-content: center" data-twitt-post-id="1983161091065819503" src="https://x.com/WeatherNation/status/1983161091065819503"></div>All eyes are on the Caribbean as we are now tracking the 13th named storm of the 2025 season - Melissa. In fact, we've been tracking Melissa and its origins as a tropical wave for more than a week now, and we could be watching it for another week still! Melissa has rapidly intensified into a Category 5 hurricane, with sustained winds of 185 mph, a pressure of 892 mb, and is&nbsp;slowly moving NNE at 9 mph.<div class="twitter-tweet" style="display: flex; justify-content: center" data-twitt-post-id="1983181787473031335" src="https://x.com/iCyclone/status/1983181787473031335"></div>Melissa is gradually picking up speed, but after moving extremely slow since this system formed last week, catastrophic and life-threatening rainfall and mudslides to Jamaica and Cuba are inevitable. Storm totals will be in feet, with up to 12" of rain still expected in Jamaica or more.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/10/Web 9-1761661656636.png">The strength of Melissa's inner core will be impacted by the mountainous terrain of Jamaica, allowing for some weakening of the storm. However, it is still expected to hit eastern Cuba as a major hurricane, and move through the Bahamas as a Category 2. Melissa is expected to make landfall in the next few hours in Jamaica and then again across southeastern Cuba Tuesday night, and across the southeastern Bahamas on Wednesday, according to the NHC.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/10/Screenshot 2025-10-28 090655-1761664024838.png">The National Hurricane Center has relayed some intense key messages for Hurricane Melissa, warning of life-threatening and catastrophic flash flooding and landslides in Jamaica and southern Hispaniola through mid-week.<div class="twitter-tweet" style="display: flex; justify-content: center" data-twitt-post-id="1982866317859573969" src="https://x.com/NHC_Atlantic/status/1982866317859573969"></div>Hurricane warnings (in red) have been issued for Cuba, Jamaica, and the Bahamas, with a few tropical storm warnings (in orange) also in effect for portions of Haiti, Cuba, and the Turks and Caicos. All preparations to protect life and property in these areas should be rushed to completion.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/10/Screenshot 2025-10-28 090849-1761664145356.png">Sea surface temperatures remain warm across the Caribbean, providing ample fuel if the wave can find a pocket of lower shear and increased moisture.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/10/Screenshot 2025-10-23 060209-1761220940859.png">Tune into WeatherNation for the top weather headlines for more on the tropics.

Administrator

History in Real Time: CAT 5 Melissa About to Make Landfall in Jamaica

Screenshot20251028085709png-1761663434311.png

Alana Cameron was born and raised in Canada in the city of Mississauga, just outside of Toronto. Alana is the oldest of 4 siblings, all close in age, and grew up playing outside with them in all types of weather. After graduating high school, Alana moved to study at the University of British Columbia in Kelowna for a year before transferring to Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia where she completed a Bachelor of Science in Physics and Atmospheric Science. Upon completion, Alana moved back to Toronto where she completed a post-grad degree in Meteorology at York University. After her post-grad, she went on to complete another post-grad in Broadcast Journalism - TV News at Fanshawe College in London, Ontario. During her final year of studies she had the privilege of interning with the best in the business in Canada at The Weather Network. Once she finished her internship, she got the call from small-town Denison, Texas where she accepted a job as an on-air meteorologist at KTEN-TV, right in tornado alley, covering severe weather from Sherman/Denison (North Texas) to Ada (Southern Oklahoma). After the most active tornado season Oklahoma had seen in May 2019 (105 tornadoes!) Alana is excited to join WeatherNation to cover weather all across the nation. If you're interested in following her on social media she can be found @alanacameronwx!

Alana Cameron

AlanaCameronjpeg-1679518648021.jpeg

WEST - A series of atmospheric rivers has been responsible for wet, windy, and snowy weather in the northwestern U.S. This moisture continues to push inland through Monday. Another front has been moving onshore and will continue through Tuesday, but will mostly be focused on the state of Washington.<video src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/10/2025-10-28 08-37-50-1761662299072.mp4" controls="true" width="100%"></video>Snowfall and rainfall totals will not be as heavy as they were this past weekend and into the early work week, but some areas should look for impacts as you head out on the roads.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/10/Web1-1761647032153.png">Another potential atmospheric river could bring wet weather for our weekend, so be sure to join on WeatherNation for the latest. There are still some uncertainty on this next weekend wave that we need to consider but we do know that it will be moving in on Friday, and bringing with it gusty winds and heavy rain. <img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/10/Screenshot 2025-10-27 160312-1761602766804.png"><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/10/Web 12-1761662438764.png">Be sure to join us at:50 past the hour for more details during your west regional forecast.

Tracey Anthony

Northwest Parade of Systems

ezgif7a09cacd1359a6gif-1761520269611.gif

Adrian Hernandez

thumbnail_AdrianWeatherNationjpg-1756412205956.jpeg

Whenever we have high pressure systems out in the west coast, the possibility of a Santa Ana winds setup becomes likely.<video src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/10/2025-10-28 04-47-51-1761648488737.mp4" controls="true" width="100%"></video> During this phenomenon, winds head westward due to high pressures' clockwise motion. These winds will pass over the dry, desert region of the southwest and head west through the mountain passages in Southern California. During their descent, the air compresses, causing their temperatures to rise.<video src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/10/2025-10-28 04-53-29-1761648822406.mp4" controls="true" width="100%"></video><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/10/Web1-1761648886403.png">These winds are expected to bring well above-average temperatures for Southern California. In some spots, we can expect temperatures that are close to 15 degrees above average. This puts several cities in the high 80s in late October!<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/10/Web2-1761649017325.png">As a result, the National Weather Service has issued multiple heat advisories and red flag warnings across LA county and the surrounding areas.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/10/Web1-1761649090884.png"><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/10/Web7-1761649119633.png">This heat will also come with the potential to break some records. Some of these forecast temperatures have Long Beach feeling like summer when most people are sharpening their skis to hit the slopes!<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/10/Web2-1761649222971.png">Stay tuned to WeatherNation where we'll keep tracking these temperatures in Southern Cali throughout this week.

Santa Ana Setup Bringing the Heat into Southern California

20251028045329gif-1761649899082.gif

As our first low-pressure system bringing rain to the northeast exits, another area of low pressure will trek across the country, bringing in winds, cooler air, and rainfall.<video src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/10/2025-10-28 08-49-27-1761662987772.mp4" controls="true" width="100%"></video>There are already excessive rainfall outlooks for portions of the Mid-South and the Northeast.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/10/Web6-1761646432554.png">Although this system moves through the Plains first, the heaviest totals are likely to occur as we start to tap into more Gulf and Atlantic moisture. Forecast models bring the heaviest rainfall into portions of Kentucky, West Virginia, Virginia, and North Carolina before moving into portions of New England on Thursday.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/10/Web7-1761646473123.png">Be sure to join of live on WeatherNation for more details!

Next Round of Rain for the Plains, Midwest, and Northeast

Web7png-1761646788903.png

Tracey2jpeg-1737574224773.jpeg

Slow-moving train thunderstorms produced extreme rainfall across portions of Central Florida on Sunday, triggering a flash-flood emergency in Lake County. The area recorded nearly 18" of rain in under 5 hours.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/10/Screenshot 2025-10-27 155504-1761602110229.png"><video src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/10/2025-10-27 09-47-59-1761573805964.mp4" controls="true" width="100%"></video>A few other spots along Florida's east coast experienced the heavy downpours, even breaking daily records.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/10/Web 2-1761573435765.png">A stalled-out front was the culprit of the training showers. Winds were also clocked at up to 60 mph.<video src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/10/2025-10-27 09-48-34-1761573835838.mp4" controls="true" width="100%"></video>Another round of showers and storms is possible as the cold front associated with this system works through.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/10/Web5-1761646352045.png">

Santa Ana Setup Bringing the Heat into Southern California

Next Round of Rain for the Plains, Midwest, and Northeast

Flash Flood Emergency Triggered Sunday in Florida

History in Real Time: CAT 5 Melissa About to Make Landfall in Jamaica

Northwest Parade of Systems

Santa Ana Setup Bringing the Heat into Southern California

Next Round of Rain for the Plains, Midwest, and Northeast

Flash Flood Emergency Triggered Sunday in Florida

History in Real Time: CAT 5 Melissa About to Make Landfall in Jamaica

Northwest Parade of Systems

Santa Ana Setup Bringing the Heat into Southern California

Next Round of Rain for the Plains, Midwest, and Northeast

Flash Flood Emergency Triggered Sunday in Florida