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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>Storms are returning for yet another weekend in the Deep South and while the severe threat looks to be most intense on Saturday, the Storm Prediction Center [SPC] has highlighted a risk on Friday and Sunday as well. Tonight's storm risk looks to be conditional, meaning certain ingredients must be present in order for severe storms to form. Any storms that fire up will have large hail as the main threat, primarily in the late evening and overnight.</p><h2>Saturday</h2><p>As mentioned above, Saturday's storm chance looks to be the most widespread and intense, from Middle Tennessee through Alabama, the Mississippi Delta all the way west to East Texas. All modes of severe weather are possible. A few tornadoes are possible, particularly from Shreveport through Nashville.</p><p><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/12/sat tors-1702059617765.png">A few storms could be the focus overnight Friday into Saturday but the frontal boundary responsible for the wet weather really gets going into Saturday afternoon and evening. Storms are likely to persist into the overnight, with heavy rain and gusty winds the primary threats. Heavy rain will impact the I-95 corridor and Eastern Seaboard through the day on Sunday with imbedded pockets of severe weather.</p><video src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/12/2023-12-08 14-29-05-1702071088586.mp4" controls="true" width="100%"></video><h2>Sunday</h2><p>The severe threat will hit much of the Southeast coast on Friday with the potential of damaging winds and isolated tornadoes. Storms will likely be ongoing overnight Saturday into Sunday before daytime heating increases once again on Sunday, prompting more storm development closer to I-95. </p><p><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/12/sunday-1702071259316.png">In addition to the severe weather threat, heavy rain could cause flooding. Most spots east of the Mississippi River will get at least an inch of rain, but parts of Mississippi through the Carolinas could get 3-4" of rain with locally higher totals possible. This amount of rain over parched soils could cause runoff, ponding on the roadways and rising creeks and rivers. </p><video src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/12/2023-12-08 14-31-53-1702071259313.mp4" controls="true" width="100%"></video><p>The South could certainly use the rain, where extreme and exceptional drought conditions cover much of the area. Heavy rain over the first week of December put a small dent in some of the worst of the drought conditions, but persistent drought remains widespread in the South and Southeast.</p>

Severe Storm Threat through Sunday for the South

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<p>Rain and snow are on the way for the East Coast this weekend and early next week as a frontal boundary moves north from the Deep South, tapping into significant moisture. The rain, along with isolated severe storms, starts for the Midwest and Mid-South Saturday night but becomes much more widespread by Sunday morning. The entire frontal boundary then pushes into the Northeast, with rain changing over to snow for high elevation spots overnight Sunday into Monday with rain and snow continuing into Tuesday. Thankfully the heaviest rain holds off until after the Army-Navy game at Gillette Stadium so it will be mostly dry for the festivities!</p><video src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/12/2023-12-08 08-56-19-1702051037052.mp4" controls="true" width="100%"></video><h2>Forecast Rain</h2><p>Pockets of rain 3"+ are possible along I-95, into eastern VA, PA, NY and western New England with 1-3" expected. We will be concerned for this rain to freeze over as temperature drop Sunday night into Monday.</p><p><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/12/rain-1702067196535.png">Widespread flood alerts have been issued through the Northeast to account for the incoming rainfall. Don't drive through flooded roadways and watch out for fast running rivers, creeks and streams.</p><p><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/12/FLOOD ALERTS-1702070019299.png"></p><h2>Snow</h2><p>The heaviest snow will fall on the backside of the low, mostly through the second half of the day on Sunday through Tuesday. Our higher elevations of the Adirondacks and mountains of New England will be the focus for the heaviest snowfall but a couple inches of fresh snow will be possible through New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Appalachia.</p><p><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/12/GFS snow-1702046373875.png">The Weather Prediction Center [WPC] has highlighted the potential for heavy snow in northern New England on Monday and winter storm WATCHES are in effect from Sunday into Monday for the same region. Up to 18" of snow could be possible for the highest peaks.</p><p><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/12/snow watch-1702066108109.png"></p><h2>Temperatures</h2><p>Ahead of the front, highs will soar into the 50s and even the lower 60s which will be into record territory along the I-95 corridor including Boston, NYC and D.C. Temperatures will run about 10-20° above average through the weekend! Don't get used to the temps, they will come crashing down with the passing of the frontal boundary Monday into Tuesday.</p><p><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/12/records-1702060578084.png"><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/12/3 day temps-1702060578082.png"></p><h2>Wind Forecast</h2><p>The other factor will be strong winds, especially along the immediate coastline from Maine to North Carolina. Winds could gust upwards of 40 mph at times Sunday into Monday so be sure to secure anything that can blow away in the wind. Our strongest winds will be overnight Sunday into Monday when power outages could be likely for areas just along and east of the I-95 corridor.</p><p><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/12/winds-1702046373872.png">High wind watches are in effect for coastal Maine where gusts will be upwards of 70 mph at times on Monday morning. We anticipate these alerts to be expanded as we get closer with much of coastal New England highlighted under the high wind potential on Monday by the WPC. <img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/12/wind-1702067196539.png"></p>

Wet Weekend Forecast for the East Coast

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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, causing rivers to run high and flooding around cities and recent area burn scars. We reached major flood stage and set a new record for river height on the Stillaguamish River in northern Washington which caused the river to overflow its banks into the city of Arlington and a state of emergency was issued in Oregon following heavy rain that washed out roadways.</p><div class="twitter-tweet" style="display: flex; justify-content: center" data-twitt-post-id="1732980824713404442" src="https://twitter.com/WeatherNation/status/1732980824713404442"></div><p>The reason for the high running rivers is due to a couple of reasons: first we had heavy rain, second we saw record warm temperatures across the PNW which caused a rapid melt of recent snowfall in the Cascades into rivers, creeks and streams. </p><p>Unfortunately, the wet and unsettled pattern continues for the Pacific Northwest as yet another wave of energy moves onshore late Friday night and continues through Saturday. We will have the opportunity for more rain, and this time snow, as temperatures continue to be cold enough in the high country to support mountain snow.</p><video src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/12/2023-12-08 11-28-00-1702060135349.mp4" controls="true" width="100%"></video><p>In terms of additional snowfall Friday into Saturday, we could see 6-12", depending on elevation. In combination with the snow from Friday our mountain peaks could pick up on a foot plus of fresh snowfall. This is good news, especially for the Cascades, where snowpack has significantly melted due to recent warm temperatures and rainfall.</p><p><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/12/snow-1702045079318.png">Rainfall totals won't be quite as impressive compared to this past week but still a couple inches of new rainfall will be possible for the spine of the Cascades which will certainly elevate the flood threat especially given how saturated soils are in the area. Please avoid rivers, creeks and streams and be aware of any mountain roadways for mudslides and debris flow. </p><p><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/12/pnw rain-1702071830141.png"></p>

More Rain this Weekend in the PNW

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<p>Steady rain for the northern California coast and mountain snowfall hit the region on Thursday but energy is now pushing east, impacting Utah, Colorado and Wyoming today. Snowfall rates of up to 1/2" per hour could be possible at times, reducing visibility and causing slick travel on I-80, I-70, and other mountain highways. Winter Weather Alerts are in effect for the region into Saturday morning although most snow tapers off by early evening Friday. </p><video src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/12/2023-12-08 11-21-40-1702059729325.mp4" controls="true" width="100%"></video><p>Snowfall accumulations will be most impressive through the Tetons of Wyoming, where upwards of half a foot of snow could be possible into the end of this workweek. Again, this is great for ski resorts but will make traveling tough!</p><p><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/12/Screenshot 2023-12-07 212026-1702009295371.png">The Centennial State's ski resorts will also see beneficial snow, with some of the highest amounts topping up to 9" in the Steamboat Springs area!</p><p><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/12/Screenshot 2023-12-07 164536-1701992749671.jpg"></p>

Snow Hits Colorado & Utah Today

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<p>After a record setting 2022-23 winter season for the Southwest U.S. including 12 atmospheric rivers that brought heavy rain and snow to California, Nevada and the 4 Corners region, the 2023-34 Winter season is getting off to a slower start. In fact, <strong>73% </strong>of western U.S. snow reporting stations are seeing Snow Water Equivalent [SWE] below normal and <strong>42% </strong>of stations are below the 30th percentile for SWE. Some of the most drastic conditions are in the Sierra Nevada and northern Montana. </p><p><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/12/Snow_Water_Equivalent_Percent_NRCS_1991-2020_Median_December_5_2023-1702059335494.jpeg">NIDIS attributes the drought conditions due to the minimal precipitation or "snow drought" seen across the region.  In Colorado and Utah, most reporting stations are seeing SWE right around average with the worst of the conditions in the Rio Grande Basin and the Sangre de Cristo mountains of southern Colorado and New Mexico. </p><p>Of course snow drought isn't the only reason why the intermountain west is experiencing drought conditions. A lackluster monsoon season in New Mexico can be blamed for setting up extreme (level 4 out of 5) drought conditions from summer into early fall. In the latest Drought update, the National Integrated Drought Information System with NOAA announced that the southern 4 Corners region of Arizona and New Mexico are experiencing high levels of drought with 96.8% of New Mexico in drought conditions. </p><p><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/12/drought-1702059178441.png">Additionally, most of the winter storms so far in the 2023-24 water year (which runs October 1 - September 30) have benefited the Pacific Northwest, as recently as the first week of December when warmer temperatures melted snowpack and lead to rivers running high and subsequent flooding. </p><p>The other factor has been warmer than average temperatures, due in part to a strong El Nino pattern which typically results in warmer temperatures for the western states and northern Rockies. That pattern is likely to continue into the winter months. The other factor with El Nino is the likelihood of drought conditions expanding across the Southwest U.S. which could be trouble for an area that is still recovering from decades-long drought. Despite the active 2022-23 winter and meaningful moisture contributing to low reservoirs across the mountain west, "Lakes Powell and Mead continue to run very low with respect to long-term averages, given the overall dryness and warmth of the last couple of decades" according to Curtis Riganti of the National Drought Mitigation Center in Nebraska. </p>

"Snow Drought" Threatening Western U.S.

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<p>As temperatures drop across the Northeast a large number of sea turtles are becoming "hypothermic" or "cold-stunned" off the coast of Massachusetts in the cold ocean waters. The New England Aquarium is now treating the sea turtles that have washed ashore and are in critical condition. </p><video src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/12/VON_112923_RNE_BOSTON, MA_OVER 200 'COLD-STUNNED' SEA TURTLES ARE TREATED AMID ANNUAL STRANDING SEASON_SF_NEW ENGLAND AQUARIUM_NC_E120823-1702052444487.mp4" controls="true" width="100%"></video><p>According to the New England Aquarium "The turtles began to strand on Cape Cod in early November. Staff and volunteers from <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.massaudubon.org/get-outdoors/wildlife-sanctuaries/wellfleet-bay"><strong><em><u>Massachusetts Audubon Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary</u></em></strong></a> have been walking the beaches along Cape Cod Bay in search of cold-stunned turtles and transporting the animals to the Aquarium’s <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.neaq.org/conservation-and-research/studying-and-protecting/sea-turtle-rescue/"><strong><em><u>Sea Turtle Hospital</u></em></strong></a> in Quincy, MA, where they are treated for life-threatening medical conditions resulting from hypothermia and the inability to feed."</p><p>This is not uncommon for late Fall and early Winter due to changing water and temperature patterns. The natural geography of Cape Cod (a hook shape) can mean sea turtles get trapped in Massachusetts bay and unable to swim south into warmer ocean waters. According to the aquarium, "in an unusual occurrence, five cold-stunned sea turtles have washed ashore in Hull and Hingham this season, which could indicate that more turtles in Massachusetts Bay are inhabiting a wider range of locations."</p><p>This season the New England Aquarium has treated 214 sea turtles: 189 critically endangered Kemp’s ridley turtles, 19 green turtles, and six loggerheads. Treatment includes exams, bloodwork and x-rays to treat dehydration, pneumonia and potential fractures. The goal is release the turtles back into the ocean but treatment can take weeks or months depending on the severity of their condition. </p><p>After the initial injuries are treated, staff at the New England Aquarium work with partners to move turtles to other aquariums and rescue facilities, including in North Carolina and Washington, D.C.. The turtles are transported by ground or by air, through the non-profit "Turtles Fly Too" where volunteer pilots transport the sea turtles to other facilities. </p><p style="text-align: start">For the full press release from the New England Aquarium, <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.neaq.org/about-us/press-room/press-releases/aquarium-treats-more-than-200-sea-turtles/"><strong><em><u>click here</u></em></strong></a>. </p>

Aquarium Saves Turtles Suffering from Cold

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Dave Holder

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<p>A ridge of high pressure has brought unseasonable warmth to the Western and Central U.S. this week with temperatures running about 10-20° above average Monday through Wednesday. On Thursday, December 7 the temperature climbed into the 50's and 60's, melting any snow in sight. Those wishing for a white Christmas will have to keep on wishing and being patient during this warm weather spell.</p><p><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/12/Screenshot 2023-12-07 164954-1701993006310.jpg">Temperatures start to fall on Friday after peaking on Thursday in the North Central Plains. Temperatures fall into the 40s and eventually into the 30s for the High Plains. Temperatures will take a bit longer to fall in the Great Lakes region, eventually cooling off back towards average by Sunday.</p><p><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/12/3 day plains-1701980839283.png">Meanwhile, the ridge of high pressure shifts east, and along with it the opportunity for record temperatures. Temperatures region-wide will jump into the 50s and even the 60s, with records possible from Michigan to Maine, and down to our Nation's Capital this weekend!</p><p><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/12/NE highs-1701896653620.png"></p>

Brittany Lockley

Record Heat Shifts East This Weekend

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The dust storm that enveloped the Sonoran Desert of Arizona Monday was part of a "classic setup for severe weather" according to the National Weather Service office in Phoenix.

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Widespread thunderstorm activity flared up across Maricopa and Pinal Counties in Arizona Monday, July 9. The area was already muggy and very hot before the thunderstorms evolved. Meanwhile, a strong disturbance in the higher parts of the atmosphere was approaching. Together, high winds developed and quickly moved across a wide-stretching area.

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Wind gusts in isolated areas blew up to 80 miles per hour! This reduced visibility to a quarter-mile or less over a large part of the region, including portions of Interstate 8 and 10. The travel for drivers was very hazardous <span style="display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 24px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">at the time. </span>The thunderstorms also produced record rainfall for Phoenix and Yuma, two usually-dry areas.

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We caught up with the National Weather Service in Phoenix and spoke to Meteorologist Bianca Hernandez about the event. Listen to what she had to say below:

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<strong><em><a href="https://www.weather.gov/psr/09July2018stormreport">The National Weather Service in Phoenix wrote a summary of the event, including statistics showing there were 8,000 cloud-to-ground lightning strikes and 45,000 in-cloud flashes from these storms, which you can read more about by clicking/tapping this sentence.</a></em></strong>

For WeatherNation, Meteorologist Steve Glazier

Monday's Dust Storm in Arizona Lasted for 200 Miles

Severe Storm Threat through Sunday for the South

Storms are returning for yet another weekend

Wet Weekend Forecast for the East Coast

Rain and snow are on the way for the East Coa

More Rain this Weekend in the PNW

The Northwestern United States has been hamme

Snow Hits Colorado & Utah Today

Steady rain for the northern California coast

"Snow Drought" Threatening Western U.S.

After a record setting 2022-23 winter season

Aquarium Saves Turtles Suffering from Cold

As temperatures drop across the Northeast a l

Record Heat Shifts East This Weekend

A ridge of high pressure has brought unseason