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.

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Intense rain and wind began impacting California on Thursday as a strong Pacific trough began moving inland. This is also bringing heavy rain to portions of the Pacific Northwest. Impacts in Southern California are expected to ramp up through Saturday, where significant flash flooding is possible.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/11/Screenshot 2025-11-14 073407-1763131124530.png">Flood watches are in effect form the Sierra foothills down to the border with Mexico. This is where rainfall rates could be high enough to produce scattered flash flooding, especially where fires have burned in the past (burn scar areas). Some residents around these burn scar locations have been placed under evacuation warnings with sandbags made available to prevent flooding from entering homes.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/11/Screenshot 2025-11-15 042739-1763206067403.png">A moderate risk (level 3 out of 4) for flash flooding has been issue for Saturday around parts of Southern California, including Los Angeles and the large burn scars around the Southland. <img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/11/Screenshot 2025-11-15 042839-1763206125720.png">What is a moderate risk? It may not sound like a big deal, but this outlook indicates significant flash flooding is possible. 21% of all U.S. flood deaths occur during days with a moderate risk. Take this flooding threat seriously by preparing your property and knowing where to go to seek higher ground if you're in a flood prone location. <video src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/11/2025-11-15 04-29-42-1763206225518.mp4" controls="true" width="100%"></video>Rainfall totals through Sunday morning are likely to top 5-7 inches in the mountains and possible around Los Angeles. The majority of which is expected on Saturday.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/11/Screenshot 2025-11-15 042900-1763206146606.png">You can also watch the regional forecast on demand with the WeatherNation app!

Pacific Low Brings Flash Flood Risk To California

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Meteorologist Jesse Kelley is excited to join the talented staff at Weather Nation. Jesse spent most of his childhood in Birmingham, Alabama. The state of Alabama is prone to seeing various types of weather from severe thunderstorms, tornadoes, hurricanes, and winter weather. For college, Jesse attended the University of South Alabama where he received his degree in Broadcast Meteorology along with minors in Math and Geography. From Alabama, Jesse started his broadcast television working three years at KAVU-TV in Victoria. Recently, he finished a stint in Shreveport, LA. Jesse and his wife are looking forward to making the Rocky Mountains and Colorado home. If you would like to follow me, you can follow me on Twitter @JesseKelleywx and on Facebook at Meteorologist Jesse Kelley.

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The next few days are going to be really nice and above average across the Central and Southern Plains. Highs are expected to be in the 70s and 80s. As we jump ahead a few days, the middle and end of next week are looking quite active and stormy! The stubborn high pressure ridge will begin to break down enough to allow for some of the energy from the West to push eastward.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/11/1-1763151832914.png">Although we are a couple of days out from the event, some of the early signs show chances of heavy rain and possible severe weather chances increasing across the Southern Plains starting Wednesday. No severe outlook has been highlighted but that could change as we get closer to next week. Along with the severe threat, the incoming pattern shift will create a heavy rain threat for parts of the Plains. While the moisture is needed for parts of the South, a flood threat is looking possible with repeated rounds of storms during the second half of next week!<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/11/Screenshot 2025-11-15 043216-1763206343473.png"><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/11/Screenshot 2025-11-15 043232-1763206359145.png">

Active Pattern to Develop for the Central U.S. Next Week

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Low pressure will track through the Northeast this weekend, bringing back more rain, snow, and the potential for ice. Winter weather alerts have been issued for heavy snow in northern Maine, with mixed snow and ice from northern New York through New Hampshire.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/11/Screenshot 2025-11-14 104908-1763142873448.png">Precipitation starts to move in on Saturday evening and will remain into Sunday. All precipitation types will be possible with this wave. There will be a break with another round of rain, snow, and ice working in on Monday and Tuesday.<video src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/11/New Baron Video 3-1763176303486.mp4" controls="true" width="100%"></video>Snow accumulations will be around 1-3 inches, with the higher elevations seeing around 9-12+ inches possible.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/11/1-1763176286617.png">As of now, with the current temperature setup, some freezing rain will be possible as this moves through. Please stay with us for the latest updates as we get closer, as any amount of ice on roads can make driving hazardous.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/11/Screenshot 2025-11-14 105841-1763143212534.png">With enough shear in the jet stream, a few severe storms could form late Saturday night from Ohio into Pennsylvania. A few damaging wind gusts will be possible.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/11/Screenshot 2025-11-14 105403-1763142945781.png">For the latest updates, tune into WeatherNation :10 past the hour for your eastern regional forecast.

Weekend System Brings Snow, Ice, & Storms to the Northeast

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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.

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A ridge of high pressure that brought record warmth to the West is sliding eastward. This means the heat will shift east as well, and we could see multiple records broken from Thursday through Sunday! The temperatures will climb this week as the ridge dominates! Several records fell across parts of the Plains on Friday. More will be likely this weekend!<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/11/1-1763176812144.png"><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/11/2-1763176817424.png"><h1>Plains &amp; Midwest</h1>Temperatures will run 10°- 20°+ above average for a lot of folks. Kansas City normally averages 55° for this time of year, and will see highs in the low 70s on Saturday. St. Louis normally averages 57° and will see 80° on Saturday, running over 20 degrees above average!<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/11/1-1763176900638.png"><h1>South Central</h1>Texas is no stranger to heat, and will run well-above average into the weekend. Most cities across the Lone Star State will be in the 80s through the weekend.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/11/1-1763176933223.png">For more information on the central heat, tune into your central regional forecast at :30 past the hour on WeatherNation.

Record Heat Spreads into the Plains

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<div class="twitter-tweet" style="display: flex; justify-content: center" data-twitt-post-id="1988464269105717604" src="https://x.com/WeatherNation/status/1988464269105717604"></div>The Northern Lights (Auroras—commonly seen near the poles—occur when charged particles from the sun collide with Earth’s atmosphere.) are being seen by thousands! With photos and videos prove that skygaziers are spotting them much farther south in the United States and Europe over the last two years. It begs the question...Why are we seeing these geomagnetic storms that are far more reaching than normal?The reason? The sun is undergoing a dramatic magnetic shift. Every 11 years, its poles reverse, creating intense magnetic twists and disturbances that fuel these vivid light shows.Aurora lovers, rejoice! The Space Weather Prediction Center correctly said Tuesday, November 11th, that aurora chances could be seen as far south as Alabama and California. Space weather forecasters predict more dazzling displays AGAIN Wednesday night into Thursday.<div class="twitter-tweet" style="display: flex; justify-content: center" data-twitt-post-id="1988725181372629334" src="https://x.com/NWSSWPC/status/1988725181372629334"></div>ANOTHER coronal mass ejection (CME) is expected to arrive at and impact the Earth with the potential for elevated geomagnetic response, AKA: more auroras. As of 1 pm ET on November 12th, the SWPC issued a Geomagnetic Storm Watch of G4 or higher, the same alert level issued for Tuesday night into Wednesday!<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/11/Screenshot 2025-11-12 112939-1762972276799.png"><h3>THE FORECAST:</h3>Timing with the arrival of CMEs and their corresponding aurora is difficult to forecast, but this is the latest outlook from the Space Weather Prediction Center (released around midday Wednesday) for Wednesday night. Going to a dark location away from city lights will increase visibility of the aurora.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/11/Screenshot 2025-11-12 112933-1762972286670.png">You can learn more about how to view and photograph the aurora by visiting <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://science.nasa.gov/feature/nasas-guide-to-finding-and-photographing-auroras/">NASA's Guide</a>.<h3>THE COLORS:</h3>The colors you see during an aurora event are based on the type of gases and their elevations within the atmosphere as they react to the solar influence.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/11/THE COLORS-1762887760023.png">Oxygen and nitrogen provide the colors typically seen within the aurora, with green being the most common. You can learn more about <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.nps.gov/articles/-articles-aps-v8-i1-c9.htm">the science behind the colors</a> with the National Park Service.As always, submit your photos and videos of the aurora to us here at WeatherNation. Tag us on social media, or submit them to our email feedback@weathernationtv.com.

Solar Storm Visible as far south as The South - Another Round Arrives Tonight

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The season’s first Arctic blast surged into the South, arriving nearly three weeks ahead of meteorological winter, which begins December 1. Driven by a deep upper-level trough, this system has funneled frigid Canadian air all the way down to Texas. Multiple record lows were set over the past few days across the south and southeast. The good news: we're warming back up!<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/11/Web 1-1762947369987.png">We will see a pattern change this week, with temperatures becoming average, and then above average as a high-pressure system ridges back in by the end of the week!<video src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/11/2025-11-12 06-35-47-1762947394918.mp4" controls="true" width="100%"></video><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/11/Web 2-1762947531574.png">Get forecast details for your section of the country with our regional forecasts, which air at :10, :30, and :50 past the hour from east to west. You can also watch the latest forecast anytime with the WeatherNation app!

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Last Morning of Record Cold - Digging Out the Rest of the Week

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The lake effect snow season has arrived, with heavy snow expected now through Tuesday. Places in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan have already received a foot of snow! <img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/11/Screenshot 2025-11-10 054716-1762778844004.jpg"> Winter weather alerts remain in place all across the shores of the Great Lakes through Tuesday. An additional 6-12" in some locations, with heavy snowfall rates likely reducing visibility at times, will make travel very difficult.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/11/Screenshot 2025-11-11 073236-1762871565435.jpg"><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/11/Screenshot 2025-11-11 105614-1762883788305.png"><h1>How Lake Effect Works</h1>Water has a much higher heat capacity than air, meaning it takes more time to warm up and cool down. This leads to "mild" water temperatures in the Great Lakes while the air overhead can be much cooler. As the cold, dry air moves over these areas, it's able to evaporate moisture from the lakes until it condenses into clouds and precipitation before falling out over land. Typically, we need at least a 13° F difference between the lake water and the air aloft (around 1500 m, or 4500-5000 ft) for lake effect snow to form.<h1>Forecast</h1>With winds coming over the Great Lakes, we can still anticipate lake effect snowfall to continue. Next, a quick-moving clipper will move through to bring a few wintry bands to the snowbelt.<video src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/11/11-11 rne-1762883738383.mp4" controls="true" width="100%"></video>Take this snow event as an example for the next one, make sure your vehicle is ready for winter travel with some good tread on your tires and a winter driving kit. You can catch the latest forecast for the Great Lakes anytime by using the WeatherNation app to view the Central Regional Forecast. You can also tune in to WeatherNationTV at :30 past the hour!

Lake Effect Snow Wraps Up Today

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Pacific Low Brings Flash Flood Risk To California

Intense rain and wind began impacting Califor

Active Pattern to Develop for the Central U.S. Next Week

The next few days are going to be really nice

Weekend System Brings Snow, Ice, & Storms to the Northeast

Low pressure will track through the Northeast

Record Heat Spreads into the Plains

A ridge of high pressure that brought record

Solar Storm Visible as far south as The South - Another Round Arrives Tonight

The Northern Lights (Auroras—commonly seen ne

Last Morning of Record Cold - Digging Out the Rest of the Week

The season’s first Arctic blast surged into t

Lake Effect Snow Wraps Up Today

The lake effect snow season has arrived, with