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

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NORTHWEST - An atmospheric river aimed at the northwest has been responsible for rainfall totals of over a foot across the northwest. Even as rain starts to slow down through tonight, the rivers will still remain high through the end of the week.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/12/Screenshot 2025-12-10 114305-1765392214647.png">With this event being so warm, significant flooding remains likely for the higher terrain of the Cascades, in addition to lower elevations. Flood Watches remain in place for Washington, Idaho, and Montana through Friday.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/12/Screenshot 2025-12-10 150403-1765404249718.png">As all of the moisture adds up and runs off into creeks, streams, and rivers, water levels will rise dramatically through the middle of the week. Many rivers are expected to reach moderate to major flood stages, including the Snoqualmie and Snohomish. Landslides will remain a risk, as a few have already occurred across the northwest.<div class="twitter-tweet" style="display: flex; justify-content: center" data-twitt-post-id="1998497888079368241" src="https://x.com/WeatherNation/status/1998497888079368241"></div>As this moisture moves east and hits colder air in the Rockies, more of the rain will turn to heavy snow. Temperatures will continue to climb, leading to higher and higher snowfall levels. A break arrives tonight through Thursday. Another weaker system is expected on Friday.<video src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/12/12-10 bams new-1765404319146.mp4" controls="true" width="100%"></video>Snow will be very heavy east of the Cascades, especially above 6,000 feet. Snow levels will go up and down quite a bit through the event, so driving over mountain passes in the afternoons may yield only rain at times, while at other times, intense snow is expected. The Cascades in Oregon are expected to see snow only at the highest elevations.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/12/Screenshot 2025-12-10 150603-1765404375788.png"><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/12/Screenshot 2025-12-10 150610-1765404382465.png">For more details, be sure to join us live!

River Flooding Threat Remains Possible for Northwest

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Our next clipper system is set to move through the High Plains on Thursday. With temperatures taking a bit of a break from intense cold, this system will move through some warmer air and that may lead to a rain/snow mix and potentially some freezing rain. The National Weather Service has issued winter alerts from Montana through Minnesota, with a few counties under winter storm warnings and one in South Dakota under an ice storm warning.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/12/Screenshot 2025-12-10 145825-1765404033439.png">As is typical with clipper systems, snowfall totals are often smaller, but sometimes the smaller totals lead to worse roads. In fact, 75% of accidents happen when there is less than 2" of snowfall, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation. Here's a look at our forecasted totals with snow and ice from the High Plains through the Midwest.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/12/Screenshot 2025-12-10 145844-1765404130775.png">Forecast models suggest about one-tenth of an inch of ice across portions of northwest Iowa, southwest Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota through Thursday.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/12/Screenshot 2025-12-10 145850-1765404175897.png">Snow will begin again Thursday and move across the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley through late this week.<video src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/12/12101-1765392093136.mp4" controls="true" width="100%"></video>For more information on this, be sure to join us on WeatherNation at :10 past the hour for your east regional and :30 past the hour for your central regional.

Next Clipper May Bring Ice to High Plains

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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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The Northern Tier of the country is no stranger to cold, and Tuesday morning proved that with multiple record lows. Watertown, New York, saw a morning low of -18°. This beat out the old record of -16° in 2008. Temperatures will not be as cold today, but get ready for another blast of colder air by the end of the week.<video src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/12/2025-12-10 04-20-55-1765365676741.mp4" controls="true" width="100%"></video><h1>Another Blast Of Cold Air</h1>Temperatures rebound for a day or two, with more dangerously cold weather expected at the end of the week and into the weeken. Temperatures will be 30° BELOW average for some, as this arctic air invades the Northern Plain and Northeast.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/12/Screenshot 2025-12-10 041854-1765365546543.png">Low temperatures Friday through Sunday will drop below zero for many. Minneapolis on Sunday morning is expected to drop all the way to -13 degrees.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/12/Screenshot 2025-12-09 180101-1765328467893.png">High temperatures across the Great Lakes won't even make it to 20 degrees for cities like Chicago over the weekend.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/12/Screenshot 2025-12-09 180223-1765328585109.png">The longer range temperature pattern from the Climate Prediction Center (CPC) keeps temperatures across the Great Lakes and Northeast below average.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/12/Screenshot 2025-12-09 180326-1765328669515.png">Stay warm and stay tuned to WeatherNation for the latest details.

Here Comes Another Push of Arctic Air

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Brittany Lockley

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NORTHEAST - The northeastern U.S. is in for some wintry weather over the course of the week, with a couple of clipper systems dropping down from the northern Plains. The clippers continue with a fast-moving clipper system that will move out of the Upper Midwest and into the interior of the Northeast on Wednesday. This system will bring a brief but disruptive round of winter weather to several states. As the system pushes east, a wide swath of Winter Weather Advisories and Warnings is issued across the Interior Northeast and the higher elevations of the Appalachians. Snowfall totals across this region&nbsp;will range from 4 to 6 inches.&nbsp;<video src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/12/12-09_rne-1765403705611.mp4" controls="true" width="100%"></video>One of the most significant impacts will come from a corridor of Blizzard Warnings in the Central Appalachians. In this region, snow accumulations of three to six inches combined with wind gusts up to 50 miles per hour will create dangerous whiteout conditions and severely reduced visibility. Travel will be extremely difficult to nearly impossible at times, as blowing snow-coated roads and obscured sight lines will be possible.&nbsp;<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/12/Screenshot 2025-12-10 040825-1765364957335.png"><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/12/Screenshot 2025-12-10 145530-1765403760115.png">Farther north, Snowfall totals will be even heavier in the snowbelts, where lake effect snowfall is expected to pick up throughout the week. Communities across the Tug Hill Plateau and the western Adirondacks can pick up up between 8 and 16 inches of snow, continuing an active stretch of winter weather for upstate New York.&nbsp;<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/12/Screenshot 2025-12-10 113556-1765391765064.png">Winds will be a problem for visibility late Wednesday into Thursday as the front moves through. Widespread 30-40 mph gusts are expected.Another clipper is forecast to track quickly behind it on Thursday, threatening parts of the Northern High Plains and the Ohio Valley with a mix of heavy snow and pockets of freezing rain. In anticipation, Winter Storm Watches are already issued in eastern Montana, signaling the potential for another round of hazardous travel and wintry disruptions.&nbsp;Be cautious because the air will turn cold later this week in places that receive rain from these clippers, while the roads remain wet, black ice could be a problem at the end of the week.

Blizzard Alerts Issued In West Virginia

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Dave Holder

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Strong upper-level ridging off the coast of California is currently dominating the weather pattern, bringing widespread sunshine but also a lack of precipitation. The one exception is in the state's Central Valley, where locked-in fog has kept temperatures chilly and skies gray. More on that in a minute...<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/12/Screenshot 2025-12-10 131930-1765398197848.png">High pressure in the upper levels of the atmosphere means sinking, compressing air, and generally warmer temperatures. On Tuesday, multiple record high temperatures were set, including 84° in Anaheim! <img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/12/Screenshot 2025-12-10 132558-1765398582761.png"><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/12/Screenshot 2025-12-10 132733-1765398466041.png">High temperature records up and down the western third of the country could fall through the weekend, as the upper-level ridge is forecasted to stubbornly remain in place over the coming days! <h1>Tule Fog</h1>You may have noticed the persistent fog in the Central Valley, or even the much colder temperatures compared to the rest of the state. This fog is known as Tule (TOO-lee) Fog, and is somewhat common in the winter months. It's a radiational fog that occurs overnight, gets locked into the Central Valley (sometimes the Bay Area), and is beneficial to California's agricultural industry. However, with high pressure in the upper levels of the atmosphere not going anywhere lately, the Tule Fog has been incredibly persistent. <img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/12/Screenshot 2025-12-10 134007-1765399214088.png">The fog is making a huge difference in temperatures! Early Wednesday afternoon, Bakersfield was sitting under gray skies and a temperature of 42°. At the same time, over the Grapevine and into the valleys, temperatures were pushing into the upper 80s with blue skies!

Here Comes Another Push of Arctic Air

Blizzard Alerts Issued In West Virginia

Record Warmth Out West, Except for California's Central Valley

River Flooding Threat Remains Possible for Northwest

Next Clipper May Bring Ice to High Plains

Here Comes Another Push of Arctic Air

Blizzard Alerts Issued In West Virginia

Record Warmth Out West, Except for California's Central Valley

River Flooding Threat Remains Possible for Northwest

Next Clipper May Bring Ice to High Plains

Here Comes Another Push of Arctic Air

Blizzard Alerts Issued In West Virginia

Record Warmth Out West, Except for California's Central Valley