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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<p>The Northwestern United States has been hammered by wave after wave of rain and snowfall over the last few days and the start of this workweek is no different. Yet ANOTHER storm system is moving onshore and will bring heavy rain through Wednesday, with the worst of the impacts today. When last week's storms brought snow to the highest peaks, this week's storm system will be much different: the atmospheric profile is warmer, producing heavy rainfall and subsequent flooding. Flood alerts are in effect <strong>THROUGH THURSDAY</strong> for much of the I-5 corridor to account for the risks mentioned above. Excessive rainfall outlooks have been issued for the next 2 days, where there is high confidence flash flooding will occur. In terms of rain, expect a widespread 2-5" with locally higher totals. Some of those totals could be significantly higher, up near double digits.</p><p><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/12/Screenshot 2023-12-05 161034-1701817947621.png">Some of the local rivers have been approaching record flood stages due to the heavy rainfall.</p><div class="twitter-tweet" style="display: flex; justify-content: center" data-twitt-post-id="1732138015529808283" src="https://twitter.com/NWSSeattle/status/1732138015529808283"></div><p>The temperatures are so warm in fact, we set records on Monday, hitting 67° in Portland, OR. It is so much warmer that we could break records across much of the I-5 corridor for highs again on Tuesday. Warmer air will hold more moisture, only adding to the flooding threat out west.</p><p>Heavy rain will continue through Wednesday as an upper-level low over the region keeps pumping moisture into the PNW. This comes after 6"+ of rain in the last few days so the grounds are quite saturated and will struggle to absorb new rainfall. As mentioned above, the heaviest rainfall will be through the day today as the front slowly drops south, impacting mostly Washington and northern Oregon. Another system arrives for southern Oregon by Thursday morning, with snow in the high country of Idaho and Montana.</p><video src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/12/1205-1701817906692.mp4" controls="true" width="100%"></video><p>By the weekend, more heavy precipitation and flooding will return to the northwest.</p><p><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/12/Screenshot 2023-12-05 161319-1701818043429.png">The full Western Regional Forecast can be found :50 past the hour.</p>

More Rain for the Soggy Northwest

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<div>Lucy is originally from the Boston area but has spent the last four years forecasting and living in Colorado! She stayed in the northeast for her education, graduating Summa Cum Laude from SUNY Oswego with a B.S. in Meteorology. Just a few days after graduation, she made the cross country move to Colorado Springs, CO to begin her career at KKTV, the CBS affiliate. Lucy has covered historic blizzards, tornadoes, windstorms, the largest wildfires in Colorado state history and dust storms ... they truly "get it all" in Colorado! Lucy is excited to forecast on a national level and continue her passion of explaining the science behind the weather!</div>
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Lucy Bergemann

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<p>A ridge of high pressure will provide unseasonable warmth to the central U.S. this week. Highs by Wednesday will soar into the 50s, 60s from the Front Range of Colorado to the Plains. Meanwhile in the Southwest highs will jump into the 70s and even 80 for Phoenix! We will all be running about 10-20° above average!</p><p><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/12/1-1701742112850.png">Our warmest day for the Central Plains will be Thursday with highs jumping into the 50s and 60s for the northern Plains. Temps will be cooler on either side, with 40s and 50s for most in Nebraska, Minnesota and the Great Lakes region through the middle of the week. Highs drop back down late week as a cold front sweeps across the High Plains. <img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/12/2-1701742174984.png">High temps will be so warm on Thursday that we could even set records for many cities including Salina, KS, Watertown, SD and Eau Claire, WI. Temperatures won't be summer or even spring-time hot, but they will be about 20° above average!<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/12/Screenshot 2023-12-05 161516-1701818124312.png">The warmth will be felt for many across New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas with highs jumping into the 70s on Thursday too! Enjoy that mild air, cooler temperatures return by the end of this week and into the weekend along with the <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.weathernationtv.com/news/severe-threat-returns-saturday"><strong><em><u>severe weather chances</u></em></strong></a>.</p><p><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/12/3-1701742232299.png"></p>

Record Heat in the Central Plains this Week

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<p>The next winter storm is taking shape for the Great Plains and Midwest later this week and into the weekend. This is a "Colorado low" or storm system that forms just east of the Rockies. These can be significant weather-makers if all the ingredients come together. On the warmer side of this storm system, there is the opportunity for storms in the <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.weathernationtv.com/news/severe-threat-returns-saturday"><strong><em><u>Deep South on Saturday</u></em></strong></a>.</p><p><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/12/low-1701726592908.png">Early indications are for rain and snow to begin late Thursday and continue into Friday for the Front Range of Colorado before the low pressure system responsible for the wet weather pushes to the east on Saturday and into the Great Plains. The entire low pressure system then moves into the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes for Saturday night and Sunday with the threat of heavy snow and even icing for northern Wisconsin and Michigan, subject to the atmospheric profile. </p><video src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/12/2023-12-05 08-18-26-1701789887227.mp4" controls="true" width="100%"></video><p>The heaviest snow will be just south of the track of the low pressure system and is subject to change based on the timing and development of the low, but look ahead to your weekend plans, especially if you're trying to get some holiday shopping done!</p><p><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/12/COlownowpng-1701789754830.png"></p>

Next Winter System Shapes Up Late Week

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<p>The risk of severe weather is in the forecast for the South (above). We have the potential of severe weather on Saturday from east Texas through southern Arkansas and much of Louisiana. The indication of the severe threat this far in advance is a signal of confidence in the forecast and ingredients coming together to develop the severe potential. In our upper atmosphere a ridge of high pressure will keep the forecast quiet through the middle and end of this week, before a wave of energy (shortwave) provides lift to fire off storms.</p><video src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/12/2023-12-04 08-19-27-1701703296914.mp4" controls="true" width="100%"></video><p>In addition to the severe weather threat we also have the opportunity for heavy rainfall as moisture streams north from the Gulf of Mexico. Early indications are for the heaviest rainfall over the mid-South of Kentucky and Tennessee with about 1-2" possible through the Deep South. The Weather Prediction Center [WPC] has highlighted the mid-Mississippi delta with the threat of the heaviest rainfall.</p><p><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/12/rain-1701725984103.png">We could really use the rain in the South where extreme and exceptional drought conditions cover much of the area. Heavy rain over the first week of December will have hopefully put a dent in some of the worst of the drought conditions but it did lead to flash flooding around New Orleans and Panama City.</p><p><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/12/drought-1701704186305.png"></p>

Severe Threat Returns Saturday

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<p>Our first system is a "Clipper", a fast-moving rain and snowmaker, and slides through the Midwest today after brining light snow to Minnesota and Wisconsin overnight. Rain and snow will hit the Appalachian mountains by midday. Wet weather will continue in the region through midday Wednesday with mostly rain showers for the lower elevations and snow for the highest peaks.</p><video src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/12/2023-12-05 07-49-34-1701787822908.mp4" controls="true" width="100%"></video><p>As a result of the incoming winter weather, winter weather advisories are in effect from Tuesday night through Wednesday morning for the spine of the Appalachian mountains in West Virginia to account for 3-6" of snowfall. Most of this will be light snowfall totals and will have minor impacts.</p><p><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/12/alerts-1701787720423.png"></p>

Quick Moving System Brings Snow to Appalachia

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<p>Heavy snow has hit northern New England with a couple cities seeing close to a foot of fresh snow! With many ski resorts opening in the next couple weeks in the Northeast, the winter weather is welcomed.</p><p>It's official! Bangor, ME was able to get in on the winter fun. They set a new record of snowfall measured in a day today. The old record was set back in 1970, and today we measured 5.5!"</p><p><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/12/bangor record-1701732017065.jpg">The heaviest snowfall was in central Maine, around Bangor and Millinocket. Off the I-95 corridor we observed heavy snow for some of the ski resorts. Light snowfall arriving Monday night into Tuesday will also put down up to 2" of fresh snow in northern Vermont and New Hampshire.</p><p><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/12/RNE Accumulations-1701731695064.jpg">The heaviest period of snow is behind us, at this point. We will see another burst of light snow late Monday night into Tuesday with most activity tapering by midday Tuesday. Don't expect much snow anywhere south of Portland, Maine with most of the flakes flying for the high country.</p><video src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/12/rne forecast-1701731866730.mp4" controls="true" width="100%"></video><p></p>

Record Snowfall Today in New England

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Kevin Schneider

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<p>Heavy snow on Vail Pass made for dangerous driving conditions on Sunday. Cars were off the roadways in parts of Utah and Colorado with overturned vehicles as well!</p><div class="twitter-tweet" style="display: flex; justify-content: center" data-twitt-post-id="1731485974939517016" src="https://twitter.com/WeatherNation/status/1731485974939517016"></div><p>Over the last couple of days, parts of Utah received up to 3 FEET of snowfall with parts of Wyoming seeing shy of 4 feet of snow. That lead to dangerous driving along I-70, I-80 and many mountain roadways.</p><p><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/12/snow totals-1701700886228.png">Parts of Colorado's backcountry are still looking at avalanche concerns due to the unstable snowpack. Additional snowfall in the Laramie Range of 1-2" has prompted the continuation of Winter Storm Warnings in the region (pink). If you are headed to the backcountry, please use EXTREME caution while skiing, snowboarding or any winter sport and carry an avalanche beacon.</p><p><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/12/avalanche-1701700901011.png">We won't stay dry for long in the 4 Corners region or the Rockies, our next round of winter weather is highlighted in the extended forecast for the weekend. Right now, model estimates are for the heaviest snow through the Cascades and Northwest with some additional snowfall in Wyoming's Tetons and Colorado's Rockies.</p><p><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/12/next wave snow-1701701495149.png"></p>

Avalanche Threat & Tough Travel in Colorado

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Another round of strong and gusty winds is expected across the Southwest today (Friday) into this weekend. While this isn't unusual for this time of year, gusts with this event could be strong enough to down trees, power lines, or topple over high profile vehicles. Offshore winds in the Southern California region could also briefly lead to dry enough conditions for critical fire danger.

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Winds began to ramp up in Northern California on Tuesday, including over the Northern Sierra where a gust reached 100 miles per hour in the Alpine Meadows area west of Lake Tahoe. Since these winds have been in an offshore direction, it is also leading to above average temperatures, nearing 80° F in some California cities.

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Wind alerts have now been extended into this weekend in southern California, mainly in the valleys and mountains.

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Some of the strongest gusts are expected in the mountains and foothills surrounding Los Angeles. Peak gusts to 80 mph could down trees and powerlines, highlighted by the graphic below produced by the National Weather Service in Los Angeles.

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Santa Ana wind events often form from high pressure building over the Great Basin, but this event will be spurred by the strong winds wrapping around a strong upper-level trough digging quickly through the Southwest.

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Blowing dust and reduced visibility will be possible at times in the deserts. Motorists in all regions should exercise caution while driving in strong winds, especially in lighter, high profile vehicles.

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Winds may peak again across a wider area of southern California Saturday night into Sunday as the Santa Ana winds continue.

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WeatherNation will keep you posted on-air and online with the latest updates on the strong winds in the Southwest.

Damaging Wind Gusts Possible Across the Southwest

More Rain for the Soggy Northwest

The Northwestern United States has been hamme

Record Heat in the Central Plains this Week

A ridge of high pressure will provide unseaso

Next Winter System Shapes Up Late Week

The next winter storm is taking shape for the

Severe Threat Returns Saturday

The risk of severe weather is in the forecast

Quick Moving System Brings Snow to Appalachia

Our first system is a "Clipper", a fast-movin

Record Snowfall Today in New England

Heavy snow has hit northern New England with

Avalanche Threat & Tough Travel in Colorado

Heavy snow on Vail Pass made for dangerous dr