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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While much of the country, and in particular the Southwest, has been baking underneath a <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.weathernationtv.com/news/record-heat-rolls-east-this-week">historic heatwave</a>, a shift in the jet stream will mean cooler and wetter weather ahead!<div class="twitter-tweet" style="display: flex; justify-content: center" data-twitt-post-id="2038436047768670271" src="https://x.com/WeatherNation/status/2038436047768670271"></div><h1>Forecast Timing</h1>Precipitation chances will persist through much of next week, especially for the Four Corners on Tuesday. Another strong upper-level low dropping in from the Northwest could keep things active through the latter half of next week.<video src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2026/03/2026-03-31 06-26-09-1774952798459.mp4" controls="true" width="100%"></video><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2026/03/Screenshot 2026-03-31 062657-1774952833980.png">For late-season skiing, there looks to be fresh snowfall for the mountains of Utah and Colorado.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2026/03/Screenshot 2026-03-31 062728-1774952859566.png">Although not a "Drought Buster" by any means, these systems will at least help put a dent into the record-low snowpack across the West, along with some relief from the heat!Catch more on your full Western Regional Forecast, :50 past the hour on WeatherNation.

Adrian Hernandez

SW Pattern Change Ahead: Tracking Rain & Snow

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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>

Rob Bradley

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Artemis 2 is finally ready to launch! After testing reveled a few issues in February and March, those issues have been resolved which has given the mission a go for launch in a window that opens Wednesday afternoon, April 1st.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2026/03/Screenshot 2026-03-28 091928-1774711352235.png">What is the Artemis program? To put it simply, it's the first step in a series of programs to send humans to Mars, but first, Artemis aims to bring humans back to the moon, establishing a base while testing humanity's ability to live outside of Earth's orbit.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2026/03/Screenshot 2026-03-28 091131a-1774710738504.jpg">This will be the first mission since 1972 to take humans before low-earth orbit, and likely farther from earth than any human has traveled before.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2026/03/Screenshot 2026-03-29 062330-1774779830004.png">When it comes to launch day, the forecast is critical. Florida will likely have some pop-up showers, but it's a bit too early to determine if any thunderstorms could be in the area. Lightning poses a major issue and does frequently cause delays in Central Florida, but even a building cumulus field can cause launch issues.

Tracey Anthony

Artemis 2 Set To Launch Wednesday, Watching the Forecast

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Originally born in Spokane, Washington,  Jackie's Dad was in the Air Force which led her to a life of travel. She has lived in Wichita, Okinawa, Japan, Baltimore, New Jersey, Indiana and South Carolina.  After graduating from Kadena High School, in Okinawa Japan, she got a full basketball scholarship to Coppin State College. On the court she was a 4-year starter and reached over 1000 points in her basketball career. She was also named Athlete of the Year for the whole university in 2002. Off the court, she earned a degree in Broadcast Production/English.

After college, she landed a job as a radio personality. Jackie went on to have a successful career for 12 years working at KXLY broadcast center. While on the radio, she decided to change career. Jackie went back to school, graduating from the Mississippi State Meteorology Broadcast Program. From snow, to tornadoes, to hurricanes, she has had experience forecasting all these events.

Jackie Brown

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ABOVE - The month of March has been setting record after record, with nearly 100 locations nationwide breaking all-time March records. Each red dot above denotes a city that has tied or broken its all-time March record.<h1>Heat Continues</h1>The ridge of high pressure has slid east, and we are seeing record warmth across the plains and Midwest! Records were set in cities like Dodge City, Kansas, and Chicago, Illinois. Chicago saw a record of 80°, beating out the old record of 79°. <img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2026/03/cord highs today-1774922985835.png">More record highs can be broken across the Country through Wednesday! Check out all the cities that have the potential to break records. <img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2026/03/potential recors throigh thursss-1774923155520.png">Temperatures will be 20 degrees above average for some. But a frontal boundary will bring strong storms and cooler air as it moves through. Chicago will go from a high of 72° on Tuesday, and by Wensday drop down to just 40°. Temperatures will pick back up as quickly as they drop down. <img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2026/03/above ggg-1774923240519.png">Above-average temperatures will remain in place in the south through the week. <img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2026/03/above averagggg-1774923254524.png">

More Record Highs Obliterated in Historic Heat Wave

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As a weak wave of low pressure moves through Monday night into Tuesday, severe storms will be possible around the Great Lakes. This threat will likely continue along the front into Tuesday afternoon from the Great Lakes down to Texas.<h1><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2026/03/Screenshot 2026-03-29 153811-1774820296979.png">Severe Outlooks</h1>A SLIGHT threat for severe weather has been issued from the Storm Prediction Center for Monday night. This outlook will carry on into Tuesday morning. The main hazards are expected to be strong damaging winds and large hailstones. Hailstones 2"+ will be possible tonight. This includes the cities of Chicago and Des Moines.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2026/03/Screenshot 2026-03-30 124049-1774896523053.png">A SLIGHT risk is also in effect for Tuesday. Isolated tornadoes will be possible Tuesday, with the threat of stronger tornadoes where they do develop.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2026/03/Screenshot 2026-03-30 124624-1774896542621.png"><h1>Forecast Timing</h1>Showers and storms will begin late into the evening hours on Monday, more so overnight into Tuesday. The storms will carry on throughout the day on Tuesday, especially through the afternoon along and ahead of the frontal boundary.<video src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2026/03/FOFOFFOFOFOF-1774922714302.mp4" controls="true" width="100%"></video>Tune into WeatherNation for the latest on these storms.

Strong Storms Return to the Midwest This Week

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It's been unbearably hot across the West for the last week, after warm and dry conditions for a good chunk of the winter season. This has led to drought conditions, with dry vegetation ready to burn. Another cold front moves across the Northern Rockies and High Plains, increasing fire danger into the upcoming week. Fire Weather Alerts are in effect overnight. There are even threats for isolated dry thunderstorms that can spark wildfires in Arizona and New Mexico overnight.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2026/03/overnightttttssss-1774923482169.png">In Nebraska, the Ashby and Minor fires grew rapidly by tens of thousands of acres, very close to the Morrill burn scar. Given the continued fire weather conditions, more fire growth is possible.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2026/03/Screenshot 2026-03-30 083405-1774881249265.png">An elevated threat for fire weather continues Tuesday across portions of New Mexico and Texas.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2026/03/Screenshot 2026-03-30 083433-1774881277930.png">Keep it locked in on WeatherNation, as we continue to update you on these fires and their impacts!

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More Record Highs Obliterated in Historic Heat Wave

Strong Storms Return to the Midwest This Week

Critical Fire Danger & Isolated Dry Thunderstorms

SW Pattern Change Ahead: Tracking Rain & Snow

Artemis 2 Set To Launch Wednesday, Watching the Forecast

More Record Highs Obliterated in Historic Heat Wave

Strong Storms Return to the Midwest This Week

Critical Fire Danger & Isolated Dry Thunderstorms