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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A rare winter storm has been impacting parts of the South, Midwest, and Northeast. It has brought a combination of snow, sleet, and freezing rain to areas that typically do not experience wintry precipitation. &nbsp;Winter Alerts are in place for this system as it continues to move through. Snowfall totals across the northeast have reached up to 20.0" inches in portions of Pennsylvania, and more snow will be possible through Tuesday.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2026/01/web1-1769422840564.png"><h1>Forecast Timing</h1>This system is now moving to the Northeast and will bring periods of heavy rain. The low will lift through Monday, and by Tuesday, most should be clear except in Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, and portions of New York. Please use caution if traveling.<video src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2026/01/2026-01-26 05-21-41-1769422928586.mp4" controls="true" width="100%"></video><h1>Forecast Ice</h1>The south has already seen freezing rain and snow, impacting travel, and now we are seeing impacts across portions of the Carolinas and Virginia. By Monday morning, some more light ice accumulation is possible throughout the day. Totals will likely not get too much higher than .1".<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2026/01/web1-1769423290323.png"><h1>Forecast Snow &amp; Sleet</h1>Areas around New England are set to see the heaviest of the snow. However, a lot of the north east is expected to see snow throughout your Monday. The heaviest totals could measure up to 4"-5" in some cases. This on top of the feet of snow already on the ground in some areas, could pose tricky travel conditions. Make sure to give yourself a little extra time if you're hitting the roadways, although if you can avoid it, please do so.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2026/01/web2-1769423323353.png">For More on this system, tune into our eastern regional forecast :10 past the hour.

Adrian Hernandez

Huge Winter Storm Continues To Impact U.S.

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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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It's here! The coldest air of the season and the Polar Vortex. Dangerously cold temperatures continue to spill south through the weekend and into the early work week. What is the polar vortex? You can think of it as a permanent area of low pressure that stays at the Earth's poles! A strong polar vortex does a good job of keeping that arctic air where it needs to be. However, during the winter months, a weak polar vortex can allow some of that air to sink into the U.S.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2026/01/web1-1768833952146.png"><h1>The North</h1>Cold weather alerts have been slowly ending for the northern U.S., but many spots still continue through Sunday, with wind chills as low as 50 below zero expected.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2026/01/Screenshot 2026-01-25 154305-1769380989670.png">It was cold enough to break records across the northern U.S., including Flint, Michigan, which was one degree away from breaking an all-time record.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2026/01/Screenshot 2026-01-25 043049-1769340658083.png">Wind chills on Monday morning will still drop to the teens and 20s below zero. <img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2026/01/Screenshot 2026-01-25 154327-1769381013855.png">Meteorologist Alana Cameron spoke to the National Weather Service in Duluth, MN, about this upcoming cold:<div data-youtube-video=""><iframe width="640" height="480" allowfullscreen="false" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8gzSxDH1u5I" start="0"></iframe></div>Wind chills will continue to be cold across the northeast on Monday morning, as well. Temperatures for Washington D.C. will feel like 8° Monday morning.<h1><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2026/01/Screenshot 2026-01-25 154405-1769381049932.png">The South</h1>This dangerous cold will also make its way into the southern United States. Cold weather alerts have been issued from Kansas through the Gulf Coast.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2026/01/Screenshot 2026-01-25 154509-1769381113489.png">The north may be more used to the colder air, but the south will also be experiencing dangerously cold temperatures. Some cities won't make it out of the single digits. Many will even stay below freezing for the next few days, making it more difficult for icy roadways to thaw out.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2026/01/Screenshot 2026-01-25 154607-1769381183130.png">Wind chill values Monday morning will drop below zero across many southern cities.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2026/01/Screenshot 2026-01-25 154730-1769381257367.png">Reminder to keep yourself bundled up to the max heading into the late week! Frostbite can occur in mere minutes when the wind chill values get below -42 degrees! It's important to limit your skin exposure to the elements during this time as well!<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2026/01/web8-1768835305901.png">Make sure you stay tuned to WeatherNation for the latest on these temperatures, and how we can keep YOU safe through these frigid temperatures!

Dangerously Cold Temps Spill Into the Lower 48

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While much of the country will be <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.weathernationtv.com/news/Rare%20Winter%20Storm%20Threatens%20Over%20130%20Million">impacted by wintry weather</a>, a small portion of the south will be impacted by severe storms today! Portions of Florida and Georgia are feeling the warmth, and this warm air mass will collide with the advancing cold front, bringing severe thunderstorm risks through Sunday night. Several severe thunderstorm warnings and tornado warnings have already been issued.<video src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2026/01/0125-1769380916039.mp4" controls="true" width="100%"></video>With enough instability, the Storm Prediction Center (SPC) is issuing a large Slight risk (level 2 out of 5) for severe weather through Sunday. Strong winds and tornadoes remain possible.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2026/01/Screenshot 2026-01-25 153954-1769380799364.png">Heavy rain will also be a factor as these storms move through. Our model data shows swaths of heavy rain across Mississippi and Alabama. There is an isolated flooding threat for portions of Alabama and northern Georgia through tonight.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2026/01/Screenshot 2026-01-25 154030-1769380834575.png">We'll continue to update this developing story in the coming hours and days. Stay with WeatherNation for the latest, and watch your Southeast Regional Forecast every 10 minutes past the hour!

Severe Thunderstorms Possible Across the South on Sunday

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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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For much of this winter season, the Southwestern United States has been under the influence of a large, blocking ridge of high pressure. This ridge has sent storms well to the north, keeping the southwest dry and warm. While a few soaking systems helped push drought conditions out of California, the Four Corners have been seeing drought conditions worsen with snow pack rivaling the worst on record (snow pack records date back about 40 years).<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2026/01/Screenshot 2026-01-22 130618-1769112396676.png">A wet storm system has moved in from the Pacific bringing heavy rain and snow back to these parched locations. Winter weather alerts remain in place for portions of New Mexico and Arizona lasting through Sunday morning.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2026/01/web1-1769341115291.png">The worst of this low is definitely behind us by Sunday morning rainfall-wise. What's left is some residual snowfall that'll bring some decent totals across New Mexico throughout the day.<video src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2026/01/2026-01-25 06-38-54-1769341154993.mp4" controls="true" width="100%"></video>Some totals will still measure close to 6" in some areas like near Alamogordo, New Mexico. Rainfall totals still may reach half an inch in some spots in southern Arizona and New Mexico. However, most of this precipitation should be on it's way out by Sunday afternoon.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2026/01/web2-1769341262273.png">Get the latest forecast for the Western U.S. anytime with the WeatherNation app by pulling up the regional forecast section, or tuning in to WeatherNationTV at :50 past the hour.

Rain and Snow Return to the Southwest

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Tracey Anthony

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A high pressure center has moved in across the NE and that has continued to pull winds out of the NW. Record snow was reported this week as isolated towns from the UP to upstate New York picked up significant snow!<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2026/01/Web 2-1769181123445.png">Lake Effect snow will continue to impact areas around the Great Lakes. The Northeast braces for widespread winter impacts over the weekend. The weekend storm will make these advisories seem like peanuts. Most expire by this evening. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.weathernationtv.com/news/Rare%20Winter%20Storm%20Threatens%20Over%20130%20Million">Read more on the Weekend Winter Weather here</a>!<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2026/01/Web 1-1769181145198.png">The coldest air of the season continues to stream across the mostly open great lake waters continuing to fuel some lake effect snow. Bursts of convective snow showers (snow squalls) will be possible across the Northeast. This snow gradually tapers off Friday into Saturday as winds shift back to the south.<video src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2026/01/2026-01-23 10-06-12-1769180805286.mp4" controls="true" width="100%"></video>The heaviest snow is expected east of the Great Lakes, especially north of I-90 in New York state. Other locations receiving snow can mostly expect between 2-4 inches.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2026/01/1-1769138508134.png">For more details on the Central U.S. be sure to join us :30 past the hour, for more details on the northeast be sure to join us :10 past the hour.

Severe Thunderstorms Possible Across the South on Sunday

Rain and Snow Return to the Southwest

Snow Continues for the Great Lakes, Northeast

Huge Winter Storm Continues To Impact U.S.

Dangerously Cold Temps Spill Into the Lower 48

Severe Thunderstorms Possible Across the South on Sunday

Rain and Snow Return to the Southwest

Snow Continues for the Great Lakes, Northeast

Huge Winter Storm Continues To Impact U.S.

Dangerously Cold Temps Spill Into the Lower 48

Severe Thunderstorms Possible Across the South on Sunday

Rain and Snow Return to the Southwest

Snow Continues for the Great Lakes, Northeast