<p style="margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: #454545;">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></span></p>

Rob Bradley

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<p>The Aurora Borealis put on an incredible display Friday night into Saturday morning, reaching extreme conditions that brought photographical aurora as far south as the Florida Keys. </p><div class="twitter-tweet" style="display: flex; justify-content: center" data-twitt-post-id="1789135845993185601" src="https://twitter.com/WeatherNation/status/1789135845993185601"></div><div class="twitter-tweet" style="display: flex; justify-content: center" data-twitt-post-id="1789131514615054564" src="https://twitter.com/MikeTheiss/status/1789131514615054564"></div><div class="twitter-tweet" style="display: flex; justify-content: center" data-twitt-post-id="1789271740687818961" src="https://twitter.com/WeatherNation/status/1789271740687818961"></div><p>NOAA's satellite captured the moment of a Coronal Mass Ejection on the sun on Wednesday, May 8th which was responsible for the geomagnetic storm  on Earth.</p><video src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/05/VO_060924_GOES 16 SATELLITE_ERUPTION FROM THE SUN CAPTURED THIS AFTERNOON_NOAA_MS_E050924-1715295549293.mp4" controls="true" width="100%"></video><p>Auroras are ribbons of brilliant light that usually appear around the northern latitudes when charged particles from the sun hit Earth's magnetic field. The particles shed energy as they collide with our atmospheric gasses, giving the aurora a spectacular glow of colors. Aurora Borealis is seen away from our poles and over the northern latitudes during stronger solar events, like on Friday night. A geomagnetic storm of level 5 (the scale continues to 5) was observed on Friday evening. The last time a G5 was observed in October 2003, which caused some power outages across the globe.</p><div class="twitter-tweet" style="display: flex; justify-content: center" data-twitt-post-id="1789078823591460989" src="https://twitter.com/NWSSWPC/status/1789078823591460989/photo/1"></div><p></p><h1>Saturday Night</h1><p>Since the sun launched multiple CMEs at the earth, this energy is expected to continue to create impacts through the weekend. As of Saturday morning, <em>strong</em> (G3) geomagnetic storm conditions are expected to persist into Saturday night, creating another opportunity to observe the aurora for the Mid and Northern Latitudes.</p><p><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/05/Screenshot 2024-05-11 072326-1715433823852.png"></p><p>Clouds could cause a few visibility issues for some areas of the country Saturday night, especially in the Northeast and Upper-Midwest.</p><p><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/05/Screenshot 2024-05-11 072533-1715433946621.png"></p><h1>Understanding Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs)</h1><p>While the geomagnetic storms provide the opportunity to see the aurora at lower latitudes there are major drawbacks, "[they] can impact infrastructure in near-Earth orbit and on Earth’s surface, potentially disrupting communications, the electric power grid, navigation, radio, and satellite operations" according to NOAA. They are a result of multiple coronal mass ejections (CMEs) that have been released from the sun starting on Wednesday, May 8th, and will arrive in Earth's magnetic field through the weekend. According to the SWPC, "CMEs are explosions of plasma and magnetic fields from the sun’s corona. They cause geomagnetic storms when they are directed at Earth. The typical time it takes for a CME to arrive on Earth is between one and three days.</p><p><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/05/space weather scale-1715295005040.jpg">According to NOAA, "a large sunspot cluster has produced several moderate to strong solar flares since Wednesday at 5:00 am ET. At least five flares were associated with CMEs that appear to be Earth-directed." Solar flares travel faster and arrive on Earth at the speed of light, about 8 minutes.</p><p><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/05/CMEs-1715295005042.jpg">Stay with WeatherNation for the latest on the Aurora forecast and images of the spectacular lights.</p>

Strongest Geomagnetic Storm Since 2003! Aurora Possible Through the Weekend

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Karissa is the Director of On-Air Operations at WeatherNation. Karissa grew up loving math and science, but really fell in love with Meteorology while attending the College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, Illinois. After two summers of storm chasing in the central plains, she knew that it was the career path for her. Standing in front of a thunderstorm and feeling the cool outflow knock her over was an experience she will never forget. After two years at COD, she transferred to Metropolitan State University of Denver. Karissa graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelors of Science in Meteorology. Her high school and college speech and meteorology professors were extremely supportive and pushed her to succeed. Before joining the WeatherNation team, she previously worked as the Morning Meteorologist at KCAU-TV in Sioux City, Iowa and at WMBD-TV in Peoria, IL. She recently was part of a National Edward R. Murrow award winning team for breaking news for their coverage of the EF-4 tornado in Washington, Illinois. In her free time, Karissa enjoys cooking and trying new foods. She is a self proclaimed 'TV Junkie' who can get into just about any show. She is a die hard Chicago sports fan who loves attending professional sporting events.

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<p>Temperatures have hit the 90 degree mark in the Pacific Northwest as a ridge of high pressure dominates the pattern through the weekend! There is a low-pressure system that works to keep the 4 Corners cool and cloudy, but eventually, the pattern spills east, bringing a warmup to much of the West Coast. Friday, several cities in the Northwest including Portland, Oregon reached a record high.</p><video src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/05/19-1715435384231.mp4" controls="true" width="100%"></video><p>Enjoy this warmth while we have it - temperatures start to dip into early this upcoming week along the Coastline. Meanwhile, our warmest days in the northern Rockies will be Sunday into Monday as we see increasing sunshine and warmth thanks to the area of high pressure.</p><p><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/05/Screenshot 2024-05-10 094327-1715355818301.png">It's not just the northern Rockies that will see a warmup, temperatures in Colorado and New Mexico and Utah will climb through the weekend. The warmth arrives a bit sooner for those in So-Cal, Nevada, and Phoenix with the mercury climbing towards 100°!</p><p><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/05/Screenshot 2024-05-10 094408-1715355860186.png">With the incoming warmth, we expect snowmelt to occur this weekend, which could stress local rivers, creeks, and streams. Be prepared for high, swift-running water, and stay away from strong currents. Water temperatures will be cold too- hypothermia can set in quickly.</p><p><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/05/Screenshot 2024-05-10 094209-1715355752590.png">Stay with WeatherNation for more on the Spring Heat across the West Coast.</p>

Steve Glazier

Temperatures Climb in the Northwest

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<p>The past week was incredibly active for severe weather across many areas of the country, including Texas where a 6.25" hail stone fell, which nearly beat the state record (6.42" in 2021)!</p><div class="twitter-tweet" style="display: flex; justify-content: center" data-twitt-post-id="1788909352482726229" src="https://twitter.com/WeatherNation/status/1788909352482726229"></div><p> Another storm system will push in from the west, keeping the stormy pattern through Mother's Day.</p><p><strong><em>RELATED ARTICLE:</em></strong> <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.weathernationtv.com/news/hurricane-force-winds-possible-for-georgia-alabama">Early Morning Tornado Warned Storms Damage Florida's Panhandle</a></p><p></p><h2>WEEKEND SEVERE OUTLOOK</h2><p>A cut-off low in the jet stream will finally eject east out of the Four Corners states and through the southern Plains this weekend. The Big Bend region will see isolated storms on Saturday, but the threat will become more widespread as Gulf of Mexico moisture enters the picture for Sunday and Monday.</p><p><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/05/Screenshot 2024-05-11 074506-1715435338175.png"></p><p>Southerly return flow will build moisture and energy into central and east Texas into Mother's Day. Leftover storms from Saturday will push east across Texas, limiting the amount of energy available for stronger afternoon storms. A dry line (boundary between dry air to the west and Gulf moisture to the east) will build and be available to spark storms for the afternoon. The area between the dry line and the muggy morning storms will be the best location for afternoon thunderstorm development, where the Storm Prediction Center has placed a Marginal risk. On Monday, the threat level increases to level 2, including a region of significant severe weather for large/giant hail (above).</p><video src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/05/2024-05-11 07-46-23-1715435371011.mp4" controls="true" width="100%"></video><p>These additional storms are plaguing an already saturated landscape. The areas shaded in blue in the map below highlight places that have seen 3 times the normal amount of precipitation in the past 30 days! There aren't many spots for the additional rainfall to go, other than swollen waterways.</p><p><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/05/Screenshot 2024-05-10 083037-1715351450021.png">An additional 2-5" of precipitation will be possible in parts of Texas and Louisiana through Sunday, before the system moves to the Gulf Coast states.</p><p><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/05/Screenshot 2024-05-11 074518-1715435388726.png"></p>

More Severe Storms for Texas Into Mother's Day

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<p><span style="color: rgb(28, 28, 28)">This upcoming weekend is expected to be wet and cool in the Northeast due to the arrival of a weak clipper system that will move through the Great Lakes and into the Northeast on Saturday. The available moisture is sufficient to cause a few rain showers and cloud cover, which will keep temperatures on the cooler side.</span></p><p><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/05/Screenshot 2024-05-11 072715-1715434109408.png">Highs could be at record cool levels - only in the 50s along the Jersey shore. Temperatures will feel more like March than May this weekend. </p><p><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/05/Screenshot 2024-05-11 072729-1715434129669.png">Showers in the Great Lakes and Northeast will be a nuisance throughout the weekend. Although, there will not be widespread heavy rainfall for many areas across the Northeast, western NY, PA, and New Jersey will experience more consistent rain.&nbsp;Central Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia will receive&nbsp;accumulations of&nbsp;1-2 inches.&nbsp;These areas are already saturated due to recent storms,&nbsp;which means that&nbsp;the flood risk for rivers, creeks, and streams will be higher than&nbsp;normal.</p><video src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/05/2024-05-11 07-27-52-1715434206442.mkv" controls="true" width="100%"></video>

Weekend Forecast: Feeling Like March in the Great Lakes, Northeast

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Summer of 1993, New England Dragway. That's when and where Steve knew he wanted to become a meteorologist. More than 20 years later he is extremely fortunate and blessed to be able to live his childhood dream. As a lover of math and science, Steve had a consistent interest in weather in elementary, middle, and high school before discovering you can major in meteorology. He attended Lyndon State College in Vermont where he received a bachelor's in meteorology-broadcasting and associate's in television news. He has worked as a meteorologist and reporter in Winchester, VA, Burlington, VT, and most recently in West Palm Beach, FL. He's recognized by the American Meteorological Society with the Certification of Broadcast Meteorologists.

Steven Glazier

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<p>Following Friday morning's severe weather across northern Florida, newly-summarized data is coming in and it paints the picture of how busy the hazardous weather has been the past couple of weeks. According to the Storm Prediction Center, from late April to early May this year there were more than 3,000 severe weather warnings issued by the National Weather Service. The 16-day span is estimated to have been the busiest stretch of weather since 2019!</p><div class="twitter-tweet" style="display: flex; justify-content: center" data-twitt-post-id="1789030078724338077" src="https://twitter.com/NWSSPC/status/1789030078724338077"></div><p>A destructive severe thunderstorm warning was issued Friday morning across northern Florida, meaning winds in excess of 80 miles per hour could have been possible, as a line of heavy weather pushed toward Jacksonville. "Destructive" severe thunderstorm warnings are a fairly new designation and are reserved for thunderstorms that carry a potential of 80 mph winds, 2.5" thick hail, or both! In this case, it was all about the straight-line wind damage potential on Friday morning.</p><p><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/05/Screenshot 2024-05-10 074219-1715348545833.png">Blue dots cover the map in the image above, right along the Interstate 10 corridor in northern Florida from Pensacola to Jacksonville. Each of those blue dots indicate either a noteworthy strong wind gust or damage to trees, power lines, or property. An 84 mph wind gust was recorded in Crestview, FL!</p><p><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/05/Screenshot 2024-05-10 074854-1715348986221.png">In addition, there was an indicator of tornadic wind damage in the Tallahassee, FL area. However until storm surveys are completed, this will be classified as straight-line wind damage until determined to be a tornado. For the rest of the night, a few isolated severe thunderstorms could be possible in parts of Florida as the cold front keeps pushing southward! </p><video src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/05/1-1715393781465.mp4" controls="true" width="100%"></video><p>Stay with us here at WeatherNation as we update you on this top weather story today.</p>

Busiest Stretch of Severe Weather in Four Years

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<p>The snow has been falling in the Northwest all week with over 2 feet in Wyoming and Montana.</p><div class="fb-post" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/WeatherNation/videos/1261262411517962" data-width="500" src="https://www.facebook.com/WeatherNation/videos/1261262411517962" style="display: flex; justify-content: center"></div><p><br>Colorado joined the fun Thursday night into Friday as some mountain areas recorded 18" of snow overnight!</p><p><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/05/Screenshot 2024-05-10 162546-1715379954003.png">More snow is expected Friday as the cut-off low continues to slowly drift through the Southwest. This low will not only create additional snow showers in Colorado, but scattered showers and thunderstorms stretching to the eastern Sierra in California! These showers and storms are expected again Saturday afternoon, slightly farther east as the low drifts in that direction. The low finally moves east of the Rockies Sunday, but will still pull in enough moisture to create additional showers and storms around Colorado and New Mexico.</p><video src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/05/17-1715380014798.mp4" controls="true" width="100%"></video><p>Additional snow and rain totals could still top 6-12 inches on Colorado's highest peaks! I-70 will likely still have wintry impacts at times through the weekend. Rainfall could be impressive in between I-70 and I-40 too - with over 1-3 inches for some areas!</p><p><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/05/Screenshot 2024-05-10 162646-1715380027892.png">If it feels like snow is falling late into the season, you may be surprised to know that the season's last snow for many West Coast communities lingers into May and for the highest elevations, even into June!</p><p><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/04/est avg snowfall-1714510694011.jpg">Stay with WeatherNation for the latest on the western forecast this week, or get your Western regional forecast at 50 past every hour!</p>

Snow Falls in the West, Impacts to Colorado

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Lucy Bergemann

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<p>The primary concern from Wednesday's storms was damaging winds and tornadoes, unfortunately, both of which occurred over the populated mid-South, hitting the southern St. Louis suburbs and communities both north and south of Nashville. Multiple, confirmed tornadoes hit the mid-South on Wednesday creating widespread damage and destruction. The National Weather Service in Nashville confirmed an EF-3 tornado in Columbia, south of the city. </p><div class="twitter-tweet" style="display: flex; justify-content: center" data-twitt-post-id="1788392193054400999" src="https://twitter.com/WeatherNation/status/1788392193054400999"></div><p>There was a tornado emergency issued along I-65 south of Nashville for the tornado seen at the top of the page. The county declared it a "mass casualty" event following the storm meaning that massive amounts of resources were needed to rescue people from trapped and collapsed buildings. Our field crews were on the scene soon after the storm showing roofs ripped off homes and major trees collapsed. </p><div class="twitter-tweet" style="display: flex; justify-content: center" data-twitt-post-id="1788380868438081823" src="https://twitter.com/WeatherNation/status/1788380868438081823"></div><p>Earlier in the afternoon, Clarksville, TN was hit by multiple tornadoes. This area of Tennesee is still recovering from an EF-3 that killed nine in December of 2023, less than 3 months ago. The tornado that hit the south side of the city just before 4 PM on Wednesday was responsible for additional damage in communities north of Nashville.</p><div class="twitter-tweet" style="display: flex; justify-content: center" data-twitt-post-id="1788403520871526644" src="https://twitter.com/WeatherNation/status/1788403520871526644"></div><p>There was an elevated threat of tornadoes, hail, and damaging winds. The "significant" severe threat included Nashville, Huntsville, Jonesboro and Fort Smith for EF-2 or stronger tornadoes. Late Wednesday night the city of Huntsville, AL was at threat of multiple tornadoes, just minutes apart. We are waiting to hear more about damage in the northern Alabama city.</p><div class="twitter-tweet" style="display: flex; justify-content: center" data-twitt-post-id="1788407951226438034" src="https://twitter.com/WeatherNation/status/1788407951226438034"></div><p>Not only was severe weather a threat but also flash flooding - the weather balloon launch in Nashville on Wednesday showed about twice as much moisture throughout the atmosphere vs normal (about 1.5" of precipitable water). With a few rounds of storms over some of the same locations, grounds became saturated with upwards of 4" of rain in 24 hours. A flash flood emergency was issued in Springfield, TN along the Kentucky border due to the fast water rise.</p><div class="twitter-tweet" style="display: flex; justify-content: center" data-twitt-post-id="1788524315740082492" src="https://twitter.com/WeatherNation/status/1788524315740082492"></div><p>Wednesday was another extremely active severe weather day with multiple confirmed tornadoes spread across the Midwest and Midsouth. There was a <strong>MODERATE</strong> risk from the Storm Prediction Center (SPC) which is a level 4 out of 5 threat. Stay with WeatherNation as we bring you clean up details and storm surveys in the coming days along with the <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="www.weathernationtv.com/news/hurricane-force-winds-possible-for-georgia-alabama"><strong><em><u>continued severe weather threat in the South.</u></em></strong></a></p><p><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/05/0508fcstpng-1715218841972.png"></p>

Mid-South Cleaning up After Tornadoes, Flooding Wednesday

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<p>A cold upper-level low-pressure system cut off from the main jet stream is tapping into abundant moisture, bringing rain and snow to parts of the Four Corners and Western Plains. Snowfall totals in parts of New Mexico and Colorado have consistently ranged from 4-10 inches, with up to 17.5" in Chacon, NM!</p><p><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/12/Screenshot 2023-12-14 163048-1702596660578.jpg">Winter weather alerts are in effect for New Mexico, the Panhandles of Texas and Oklahoma, and western Kansas. Additional snow totals overnight will be light, a coating to three inches along with a glaze of ice possible.</p><p><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/12/Screenshot 2023-12-14 163154-1702596775680.jpg">Light to moderate snow is expected behind the low into Western Kansas, and the panhandles of Texas and Oklahoma into Friday.</p><video src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/12/11-1702596829897.mp4" controls="true" width="100%"></video><p>Additional snow totals will be highest in the panhandle region of Texas and Oklahoma, northeast New Mexico, and southwest Kansas, but should not top another 3 inches. </p><p><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/12/Screenshot 2023-12-14 163308-1702596871261.jpg">Conditions will improve Friday afternoon as snow melts and temperatures warm above freezing.</p>

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