Kevin Schneider

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A stubborn setup looks like it's taking shape for the Southern Plains into this weekend. Scattered showers and a few thunderstorms will increase in coverage today as a front gets closer, but this is just the appetizer. Rain will come and go today - with some dry time sneaking in on Thursday.<video src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/12/2024-12-04 06-31-11-1733319102506.mp4" controls="true" width="100%"></video>The heavy rain sets up Saturday and Sunday. A trough to the west will kick another impulse towards the Texas/Louisiana area, reinvigorating the rain chances. If you have any weekend plans in this part of the country, they might be getting wet. <img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/12/Screenshot 2024-12-04 063036-1733319119510.jpg">Heavy rain will be the biggest concern. Over the next week, quite a few areas could receive 4-6 inches of rainfall! That is now expected to lead to some flooding issues. <img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/12/Screenshot 2024-12-04 063018-1733319130195.jpg">Those issues will likely be pretty isolated on Saturday, but could be a little more numerous on Sunday. <img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/12/Screenshot 2024-12-04 063011-1733319138602.jpg">Stay tuned to the forecast for any additional changes on the way. Your Central Regional Forecast is :30 past the hour, every hour.

Brittany Lockley

Heavy Rain for the Gulf Coast This Weekend

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Another push of cold air is on the way to parts of the southeast. I know, we haven't even fully thawed out from the last one, but we will today. Highs will jump about 10-15 this afternoon, helping melt whatever snow we picked yesterday morning (above).As this <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.weathernationtv.com/news/next-system-brings-more-snow-to-the-northeast">clipper moves east</a>, it will drive another Arctic front through here. Which means you need to get out and enjoy the nice weather since it's only here today. After nearing record lows this morning in parts of North Carolina, we recover to about 50 with the help of sunny skies.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/12/Screenshot 2024-12-04 061240-1733317980337.jpg">And then the cold sweeps in. Another dip of about 15-20 will roll in, similar to the previous system earlier this week.<video src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/12/2024-12-04 06-14-17-1733318097890.mp4" controls="true" width="100%"></video>Temperatures in the morning will be fairly mild Thursday morning but feel completely different to end the week.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/12/Screenshot 2024-12-04 061530-1733318237875.jpg"><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/12/Screenshot 2024-12-04 061540-1733318237873.jpg">For the latest headlines in the southeast, tune into WeatherNation at :10 past the hour.

Another Shot of Cold Air for the Southeast

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Tracey Anthony

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Cold air is plunging south behind a cold front that will make it all the way to the Gulf Coast! We have had a cooler pattern for much of the Eastern U.S. and the Southeast in particular, and this is going to be another reinforcing shot. <video src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/12/2024-12-04 08-09-38-1733317857444.mp4" controls="true" width="100%"></video>Temperatures are going to swing a little this week as our next system moves in. Minneapolis will feel a huge cooldown throughout the day on Wednesday.As this cold air moves in we expect winds up to 50 mph so wind advisories are in effect from North Dakota, down to Indiana. This is going to bring brutal windchills into the central U.S. <video src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/12/2024-12-04 08-29-00-1733319109790.mp4" controls="true" width="100%"></video>St. Louis will be warmer on Wednesday, returning to more seasonable levels before feeling a 25° temperature drop by Thursday!<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/12/Web 3-1733318855774.png">Temperatures are going to rollercoaster for many as this cold whiplash will only last a short time for areas like Kansas City. <img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/12/Web 6-1733319336908.png"><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/12/Web 5-1733319345070.png">For the latest weather updates and winter storm warnings, stay tuned to WeatherNation for forecasts and heed all safety advisories.&nbsp;

Cold Air Plunges to the Gulf Coast Behind Clipper

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Hopefully, those in the northeast haven't had their fill of snow over the last week. However, even though more is on the way, the next batch will be a little different. A clipper system will bring additional snowfall, gusty winds, and another round of lake effect snow. This system will fly through the upper Midwest and northeast late Tuesday night and out of here Thursday.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/12/Screenshot 2024-12-04 055147-1733316718849.jpg">Snowfall amounts will pale compared to what we've picked up recently, but a few more inches look likely. On the back end of the clipper, the winds will again shift over the Great Lakes and turn on the lake effect snow machine. Areas downwind of Lake Michigan, Lake Erie, and Lake Ontario will see higher totals.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/12/Screenshot 2024-12-04 055253-1733316782158.jpg">There will be moderate to major winter storm impacts for areas along the I-90 and I-81 corridors through PA and NY. These areas are still dealing with the FEET of snowfall over the last week.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/12/Screenshot 2024-12-04 055338-1733316827735.jpg">This system is quick, as clippers typically are.<video src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/12/nref-1733275027497.mp4" controls="true" width="100%"></video>More cold is on the way. It's already cold, but behind this system, lows will fall into the single digits after a one-night reprieve from the brutal cold. Wind chill values will be even colder.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/12/Screenshot 2024-12-04 055456-1733316902751.jpg">The cold air doesn't quite catch up to the moisture toward the I-95 corridor. It looks like just a cold rain for those living in NYC and Boston even as temperatures try to cool off by Thursday morning. <img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/12/Screenshot 2024-12-04 055624-1733316994196.jpg">On the backside of this system, winds might orient themselves to bring back the lake-effect snow. The hits just keep on coming for the Great Lakes - we'll be tracking them with you as the week unfolds.

Clipper Reignites Lake-Effect Snow Across the Great Lakes

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It's been a while since it snowed in parts of the Tar Heel State. January 29, 2022 was the last time measurable snow fell in the Greensboro area. Until Monday night.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/12/Screenshot 2024-12-03 070426-1733235519665.jpg">A quick-moving clipper system that dove southeast Monday brought some high elevation snow to the Appalachian Mountains, but some of that survived down into the lower elevations east of the mountains. There were even flakes that survived down to Charlotte, about an hour and a half south of Greensboro. Mt. Holly, just northwest of Charlotte recorded a trace of snow!<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/12/Screenshot 2024-12-03 070151-1733235529116.jpg">Places like Asheboro and Winston-Salem picked up some light amounts of snow, but more than enough to pick up traffic problems. Many agencies around North Carolina are reporting slick bridges and roads, and many schools are closing or are running a delayed start. Why do smaller amounts of snow cause problems? You have to start with the temperatures. Many places got down into the upper 20's, helping the snow stick as it was falling.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/12/Screenshot 2024-12-03 070231-1733235497866.jpg">The bad news: roads could still be slick Wednesday morning. Temperatures will dive again tonight under clear skies, and in some spots threaten record lows by the morning. Be careful heading out to work or school Wednesday, too!<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/12/Screenshot 2024-12-03 070213-1733235583985.jpg">The cold will turn to rain chances in the coming days. To see when, check out the East Regioinal Forecast at :10 past every hour

The First Snow in Almost 3 Years Fell in North Carolina!

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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.

Karissa Klos

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The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season left a mark on the southeastern U.S. that will take years to recover from.&nbsp;18 named storms.&nbsp;11 hurricanes. 5 Gulf Coast landfalls.&nbsp;<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/11/Screenshot 2024-11-26 133950-1732653804564.png">An above average year was all but a certainty, with record setting ocean warmth and the eventual return of La Nina.&nbsp;&nbsp;“The impactful and deadly 2024 hurricane season started off intensely, then relaxed a bit before roaring back,” said Matthew Rosencrans, lead hurricane forecaster at NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center, a division of NOAA’s National Weather Service. “Several possible factors contributed to the peak season lull in the Atlantic region. The particularly intense winds and rains over Western Africa created an environment that was less hospitable for storm development.”Twelve named storms formed after the climatological peak of the season in early September. Seven hurricanes formed in the Atlantic since September 25 — the most on record for this period. (<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.noaa.gov/news-release/atlantic-hurricane-season-races-to-finish-within-range-of-predicted-number-of-named-storms">Courtesy: NOAA</a>)<div data-youtube-video=""><iframe width="640" height="480" allowfullscreen="false" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/2RO-HrmdaZg" start="0"></iframe></div>Tropical storms Alberto and Chris quickly formed and fizzled into the gulf coast of Mexico, but the season will be remembered for the five systems that came ashore in the United States. <img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/11/Screenshot 2024-11-26 134015-1732654751810.png">Hurricane Beryl became the first ever category 4 in the month of June, and the Atlantic's earliest category 5 on record. After heavily damaging Caribbean islands and the Yucatan, Beryl weakened before making landfall in Matagorda, Texas as a category 1 on July 8th.&nbsp;Localized rainfall amounts topped 15”.&nbsp; At the height of the storm, 2.7 million customers in Texas were without power.&nbsp;The remnants of Beryl broke record for most tornado warnings issued in a day for multiple NWS offices across the country, including Shreveport and Lake Charles, Louisiana and as far north as Buffalo, New York!&nbsp;In all, Beryl did at least $7.2 billion dollars in damage in the U.S. And is attributed to 45 fatalities.&nbsp;After a quiet July, category 1 Hurricane Debby made landfall in the big bend of Florida in August, ringing flooding rain to the state’s nature coast.&nbsp;Parts of Manatee and Sarasota County measured nearly 20 inches of rainfall.&nbsp;Totals went on to be even higher farther north as Debby exited Georgia, and made a second landfall in Bulls Bay, South Carolina.&nbsp;As Debby crawled its way north, tornado reports went on for four straight days from South Carolina to Pennsylvania.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Hurricane Ernesto rounded out August bringing destructive flooding to Puerto Rico. Before Francine became the third hurricane of 2024 to make landfall in the U.S., coming ashore in Terrebonne Parrish, Louisiana as a category 2 on September 11th. Close to a foot of rain fell in the greater New Orleans area.&nbsp;Potential Tropical Cyclone 8 spun up soon after, with just enough time to bring 20 inches of rainfall and flood the Carolina coast.&nbsp;&nbsp;<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/11/NOAA Hurr Season-1732652765846.jpg">Hurricane Helene was not only the strongest hurricane to ever make landfall in Florida's big bend, but its torrential rains caused catastrophic damage in eight states.&nbsp;Hurricane Helene first made landfall 10 miles from Perry, Florida as a category four with winds of 140 mph.&nbsp;Cedar Key, Florida witnessed its highest storm surge on record, rising to at least ten feet.&nbsp;Helene’s fast movement spread hurricane force winds and tropical moisture north.&nbsp;Atlanta experienced its first ever flash flood emergency. The first of many in the southeast as southern Appalachia recorded nearly three feet of rain.&nbsp;Most of the mountain communities in western North Carolina were cut off.&nbsp; Floods swept away entire communities, closed over 400 roads, and led to countless landslides.&nbsp;Less than two weeks later, battered and bruised, residents of Florida watched as Milton became a tropical storm in the Gulf of Mexico.&nbsp;Milton not only rapidly intensified, it dramatically escalated into a category 5. Its central pressure dropping to a near record low.&nbsp;As Milton's outer bands started to come ashore, a tornado outbreak tore through Florida.&nbsp;Hurricane Milton then made landfall October 9th as a category three near Siesta Key, Florida with winds of 120 mph.&nbsp;Tropicana Field was supposed to house first responders and power crews. That changed when its roof was ripped to shreds.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/11/Screenshot 2024-11-26 134008-1732654774617.png">As we look back on the 2024 season, we remember the lives lost and those who have lost everything.&nbsp;

Looking Back: The 2024 Atlantic Hurricane Season

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WeatherNation Meteorologists

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A Lake Effect Snow event that started on Thanksgiving still exists across the Great Lakes and the Northeast. People are still digging out from what they picked up this weekend, with a little more on the way Tuesday morning.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/12/Screenshot 2024-12-03 054134-1733229725656.jpg">Many areas of New York surpassed 5 FEET of snow with the system that began late last week. <img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/12/Screenshot 2024-12-03 054250-1733229777155.jpg"><div class="twitter-tweet" style="display: flex; justify-content: center" data-twitt-post-id="1863259261955903796" src="https://x.com/WeatherNation/status/1863259261955903796"></div>Related article: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.weathernationtv.com/news/the-science-behind-lake-effect-snow">The Science Behind Lake Effect Snow</a> The lake effect snow machine will slowly start to wind down throughout the day Tuesday. Our next system will enter the picture Tuesday night, in the form of a clipper. That looks to bring us a dose of system snow and start the lake effect machine for the end of the week.<video src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/12/JFJFJFJF-1733189341969.mp4" controls="true" width="100%"></video><h2></h2>As the winds start to turn direction, snow will gradually wind down. Additional totals could approach a foot in some isolated areas, but most will fall pretty well short of 12 inches. <img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/12/Screenshot 2024-12-03 054819-1733230141829.jpg"><h2><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/12/Screenshot 2024-12-03 054854-1733230154537.jpg"></h2>Catch your Northeast forecast at :10 past the hour or your Central forecast at :30 past the hour, every hour on WeatherNation.

Snow Slowing Down in the Northeast Tuesday

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February is a little longer this year thanks to 2020 being a leap year, but how is that calculated? Hint: It's not every four years! Meteorologist Steve Glazier explains in the video below.

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Here are the basic guidelines for calculating a leap year:
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 	<li>Any year evenly divisible by 4, except if that year is also evenly divisible by 100, unless that year is also evenly divisible by 400</li>
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Confused? Be sure to watch the video above! Long story short, it does not take exactly 365 calendar days to make one orbit around our sun. It takes roughly 365.24 days and that extra time needs to be accounted for occasionally to make sure time is correct. That's why an extra day is added on to February every four years (mostly, according to the exceptions above). Enjoy the extra day this weekend!

Leap Year: Explained

Heavy Rain for the Gulf Coast This Weekend

A stubborn setup looks like it's taking shape

Another Shot of Cold Air for the Southeast

Another push of cold air is on the way to par

Cold Air Plunges to the Gulf Coast Behind Clipper

Cold air is plunging south behind a cold fron

Clipper Reignites Lake-Effect Snow Across the Great Lakes

Hopefully, those in the northeast haven't had

The First Snow in Almost 3 Years Fell in North Carolina!

It's been a while since it snowed in parts of

Looking Back: The 2024 Atlantic Hurricane Season

The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season left a mar

Snow Slowing Down in the Northeast Tuesday

A Lake Effect Snow event that started on Than