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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Choking on wildfire smoke, sizzling in the summer heat, or dodging massive hailstones, the Upper Midwest has been on a run lately. We're going back to dodging storms over the next few days. A few different impulses will stir up trouble from Montana to Minnesota.<h1>Overnight &amp; Wednesday</h1>Severe storms will be possible the next few days as a frontal boundary taps into extremely unstable air. Multiple severe storms tore through the Northern Plains this evening, and the threat will continue overnight. Damaging winds and hail will be the primary concern. An isolated tornado threat is also possible.<h1><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/08/OVERNIGHTSSSFF-1754448202129.png"><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/08/WEDNESDAY -1754448236683.png">OVERNIGHT</h1>Storms fired off on Tuesday with damaging winds and hail, torrential rain, and tornadic cells. Storms will continue into the overnight hours as the frontal boundary and it's associated low move to the east. Damaging winds, large hail, and even tornadoes will be possible. Please have ways to get alerts through the late-night hours.<video src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/08/saas-1754448396578.mp4" controls="true" width="100%"></video><h1>THU - FRI</h1>As we look ahead to Thursday and Friday, the Storm Prediction Center has issued severe outlooks for Thursday and Friday these days. Damaging winds and hail will be the primary concerns.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/08/Screenshot 2025-08-05 181719-1754439455061.png">As the frontal boundary moves through, there will be relief from the heat! If you have been looking for temps a tad cooler, this weekend will be that time.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/08/Screenshot 2025-08-05 110258-1754413385334.png">

Parade of Problems Marches On

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Kevin Schneider

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The Pacific has been active thus far, and things continue to crank. We have an area of low pressure offshore of the coast of Central America with a high chance of tropical development this week, and as of Monday afternoon, we have Tropical Storm Henriette.<h1>Henriette</h1>Tropical Storm Henriette formed on Monday in the Pacific. Sustained winds are expected to hold fairly firm around 50-60 mph. No impacts to land are expected, but it could be in the vicinity of the Hawaiian Islands near this weekend. That could bring some secondary impacts to the island chain.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/08/tropical sundaaayyy -1754448732511.png">There's another area to monitor behind Henriette, which is expected to become our next tropical cyclone. This cyclone is expected to largely follow in Henriette's footsteps, carrying off to the west over the coming days. The next name on the list in the Eastern Pacific will be IVO.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/08/ibvooo-1754341275984.png">We're far from the end of the Pacific Hurricane Season, with a secondary peak occuring later in September.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/08/Screenshot 2025-08-05 104202-1754412196354.png">

Henriette Spinning in the Pacific

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After getting off to a record fast start with named systems, the Atlantic Basin has been largely quiet over the past month, but things are changing. Currently, we have one named storm in the open waters: Tropical Storm Dexter. Dexter is likely to become an extratropical cyclone in 2-3 days.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/08/Screenshot 2025-08-05 180642-1754438811921.png">Off the southeastern U.S., there is a broad area of low pressure that is expected to develop in the next day or two. From there, it could gain tropical characteristics. Ultimately, heavy rain will be the biggest concern with a limited window to develop before moving ashore. If it does become tropical, some elevated winds and surf might become additional problems, but right now the National Hurricane Center only gives it a 40% chance of development.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/08/Screenshot 2025-08-05 180721-1754438850266.png">The attention-grabber is our latest wave that has pushed off the coast of Africa. There are some model suggestions that this is a system to keep an eye on, with some potential development over the coming days. There's a lot that we don't know about this system, however.<ul><li>Will it develop?</li><li>Where will high pressure steer it?</li><li>How does the dry air affect its development?</li><li>Does it take the escape hatch out to the open Atlantic?</li></ul><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/08/Screenshot 2025-08-05 180804-1754438890972.png">Stay with us as we answer these questions over the coming days!

Atlantic: Tropical Storm Dexter and Two Waves

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After weeks of relentless heat, a frontal boundary has cut into high pressure across the South, dropping temperatures but also spurring rounds of heavy rain. But the front didn't get all the way through before stalling out. Multiple rounds of rain have brought flooding concerns to the southeast over the past few days.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/08/Screenshot 2025-08-05 100626-1754410000038.png">Some areas have picked up multiple inches in the last few days - some areas in South Carolina have received more than 5 inches in the past 24 hours alone!<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/08/Screenshot 2025-08-05 102318-1754411005095.png"><h1>Forecast</h1>As the stalled front sits near the I-10 corridor, rounds of storms are expected to pop up on either side of the front for the next few afternoons, with the heaviest rain beginning to shift north. Pockets of 5-8" of rain could accumulate in some areas, likely leading to flooding and/or flash flooding. Seek higher ground if a flash flood warning is issued.<video src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/08/jfjsa-1754429846184.mp4" controls="true" width="100%"></video>Flood watches remain in effect through Wednesday.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/08/Screenshot 2025-08-05 181206-1754439133364.png">Tune into the eastern regional forecast :10 past the hour for more details.

Front Stalls - Heavy Downpours Target the Southeast

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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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High pressure has set up over the coming week, bringing back extreme heat for many around the desert southwest. Heat Alerts (above) have already been added for the late end of the week. Heat risk impacts are already under major and extreme categories for Wednesday and Thursday across Arizona.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/08/Screenshot 2025-08-05 180838-1754438957398.png">Temperatures are expected to hit over 110° by Wednesday. In many cases, temperatures will keep climbing through Friday.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/08/wed- friday-1754429949118.png">Temperatures will either get dangerously close to breaking record highs on Thursday or are expected to break records for the day. <img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/08/Screenshot 2025-08-04 071509-1754313323020.jpg">There will be a few days this week when more records are at risk in Phoenix. There is a higher confidence through early August that temperatures will remain above average for the region.<h1><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/08/Screenshot 2025-08-05 180955-1754439002529.png"></h1>

Alana Cameron

Searing Heat Builds in the Southwest

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WeatherNation Meteorologists

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Air Quality Alerts are in effect across a broad swath of the Upper Midwest, northeast, and northern New England, impacting many Americans as thick smoke from Canadian wildfires blankets the region. The worst of the air quality is found in the Great Lakes. <img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/08/Screenshot 2025-08-04 144613-1754340411917.png">A new wave of wildfire smoke is drifting southward from multiple blazes burning across the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan, Alberta, and Manitoba. These fires have been active throughout the summer, and this is not the first time their smoke has reached the U.S. This latest plume began sweeping into the Upper Midwest last Thursday and still lingers this week.<video src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/08/2025-08-05 08-53-31-1754398597818.mp4" controls="true" width="100%"></video><video src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/08/2025-08-05 08-53-57-1754398578368.mp4" controls="true" width="100%"></video>The Air Quality Index (AQI) in parts of Wisconsin, Michigan, and the Northeast is in the "unhealthy" category. The "unhealthy" designation on the AQI scale indicates that the air quality is poor and may pose health risks, especially for sensitive groups. Here's a look at the air quality as of Monday afternoon.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/08/Screenshot 2025-08-04 144441-1754340419536.png"><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/08/Screenshot 2025-08-04 144452-1754340426367.png">People with preexisting conditions such as asthma or heart disease are especially vulnerable. Health officials recommend staying indoors, limiting physical activity, and using air purifiers if available.&nbsp;<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/08/Screenshot 2025-08-01 053220-1754047973977.jpg">Conditions will gradually improve by Saturday as wind patterns shift and help disperse the smoke. Tune into WeatherNation TV for more details.

Tracey Anthony

Canadian Wildfire Smoke Triggers U.S. Air Quality Alerts

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Strong winds in the upper levels of the atmosphere. This time of year, storms are easy to come by around the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, but strong jet stream energy is going to try to organize them. We saw how well it can organize storms last week, with a tornado-warned storm dropping baseball-sized hail in Cheyenne, and softballs in Kansas Sunday night.<div class="twitter-tweet" style="display: flex; justify-content: center" data-twitt-post-id="1952391580163207320" src="https://x.com/WeatherNation/status/1952391580163207320"></div><h1> Upper Level Set-Up</h1>Severe storms will remain in the forecast as the jet stream energy remains elevated around the strong ridge of high pressure in Arizona. As storms fire up around the Rockies, the jet stream energy will help organize storms and carry them to the east into the Plains, where they'll be able to strengthen.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/08/Web 1-1754309526598.png"><h1>Severe Weather Outlooks</h1>Isolated severe storms will remain in the forecast this afternoon and Tuesday as a new low-pressure system is moving out of the Northern Rockies.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/08/overnigaa-1754362968127.png"><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/08/Screenshot 2025-08-04 144934-1754340583942.png"><h1>Forecast Timing</h1>Expect storms to peak with daytime heating. A few storms will linger overnight as a low-pressure system lingers. As the low pushes north, more storms will develop again on Tuesday, with some storms sticking around for your morning commute.<video src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/08/dssaaaaaaa-1754363049700.mp4" controls="true" width="100%"></video>

Another Stormy Stretch Along the Front Range

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Chris Tomer

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Imagine a ski resort in the Northeast with over 350 inches of snow so far this season. Jay Peak, VT is advertising just that. Alta, UT is one of the snowiest ski areas in all of North America averaging about 550 inches (about 45 feet) per winter season. In fact, Alta logged 903 inches during its biggest season on record in 2022-2023.Current conditions are great at Alta, but Jay Peak is having a banner season. Jay Peak averages about 350 inches per season.Season Totals So Far:<ul><li>Jay Peak, VT: 354"</li><li>Alta, UT: 348"</li></ul>The prevailing (La Nina) storm track has favored Jay Peak with numerous Alberta Clippers and stronger areas of low pressure. Jay Peak can also benefit from Nor Easters with the right stormtrack. Jay Peak is located in the northern Green Mountains of Vermont, and it's geographic position is optimal for orographic lift with a north-south range orientation. Some of the best upslope flow might occur with a west/northwest wind.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/02/TOMER SKI AREA SEASON TOTALS 2252025-1740600554449.jpg">

Jay Peak Ski Area Has More Snow Than Alta Ski Area

Parade of Problems Marches On

Choking on wildfire smoke, sizzling in the su

Henriette Spinning in the Pacific

The Pacific has been active thus far, and thi

Atlantic: Tropical Storm Dexter and Two Waves

After getting off to a record fast start with

Front Stalls - Heavy Downpours Target the Southeast

After weeks of relentless heat, a frontal bou

Searing Heat Builds in the Southwest

High pressure has set up over the coming week

Canadian Wildfire Smoke Triggers U.S. Air Quality Alerts

Air Quality Alerts are in effect across a bro

Another Stormy Stretch Along the Front Range

Strong winds in the upper levels of the atmos