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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<p>It has been active for portions of the West this past week, and after a brief break, things will get active again! Parades of troughs target the West this weekend, bringing rounds of rain and heavy mountain snow!</p><video src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2026/11/fsaaaaaassssss-1794363172414.mp4" controls="true" width="100%"></video><p></p><h2>WAVES MOVE THROUGH</h2><p>There is a slight break on the West Coast, but on Friday we see another big push of moisture move through. Heavy rain and mountain snow will be possible.</p><video src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2026/11/2026-11-12 05-30-03-1794486628065.mp4" controls="true" width="100%"></video><h2>Winter Alerts</h2><p>Some of these winter storm watches were upgraded to warnings come Thursday. These will call for up to 2 feet of snow above 6000 feet and some real gusty winds.</p><h2><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2026/11/Screenshot 2026-11-12 053132-1794486706415.png"></h2><h2>8-14 DAY HAZARD OUTLOOKS</h2><p>Long-range models hint that these Pacific waves could continue into California and the Four Corners next week. Heavy rain, snow, and strong winds could be a possibility as we move into the middle of November.</p><p><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2026/11/Screenshot 2026-11-11 053105-1794400361968.png"><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2026/11/Screenshot 2026-11-11 053117-1794400361968.png"></p><p><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2026/11/Screenshot 2026-11-11 053335-1794400436110.png"></p><p>This is a developing story, and we will be here following the latest for you on WeatherNation!</p>

Patrick Crawford

Wet Pattern Targets West Coast This Weekend Bringing Snow & Rain

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WeatherNation Meteorologists

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<p></p><h1>What We Know</h1><p>A larger trough will help several shortwaves swing through the Eastern half of the country, providing extra lift for heavy rain and snow. The timing and placement of these shortwaves could have a big impact on snow and heavy rain, as they provide an extra burst of energy that could pull Atlantic moisture into the cold air.</p><h2><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2026/11/Screenshot 2026-11-07 103422-1794073182237.png">Forecast Timing</h2><p>The low will work its way through Wednesday and push to the east. Most will start out as rain, and on Thursday and Friday we will see the transition to snow for some.</p><video src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2026/11/2026-11-12 05-21-24-1794486114130.mp4" controls="true" width="100%"></video><h2>Snow Totals</h2><p>Models have kept with Tuesday's trend and a faster overall system, which limits the amount of snow in the lowest elevations. However, a decent high-terrain snow looks like a safe bet in the mountains of New England.</p><p><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2026/11/Screenshot 2026-11-12 052217-1794486153647.png"></p><p>Much lighter totals are possible down through the Appalachian Mountains.</p><p><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2026/11/Screenshot 2026-11-12 052347-1794486242554.png"></p><h2>Rain Totals</h2><p>The low elevations are expecting rainfall. Isolated few inches will be possible, especially near New York City as a stronger storm threat sets up for Thursday.</p><p><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2026/11/Screenshot 2026-11-12 052706-1794486446791.png"></p><p>The Storm Prediction Center has NYC and Philadelphia highlighted for the threat of stronger storms come Thursday.</p><p><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2026/11/Screenshot 2026-11-12 052739-1794486473315.png"></p><p>For the latest update on this forecast, tune into WeatherNation.</p>

East Coast Snow.... What We Know About the Late Week System

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<p>Hurricane season isn’t over yet. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) is monitoring two areas of interest across the Atlantic and Pacific, and the newest tropical storm in the Central Pacific.</p><h2><strong>Pacific: Pena Continues East in the Pacific</strong></h2><p>Tropical Storm Pena formed on Friday Southeast of Hawaii. This is the fifth named storm in the Central Pacific Basin this season, which beats the previous record for named systems in a season (3). This storm will stay south of Hawaii, with limited impacts to the island chain. Increased winds and waves are expected through the weekend, but that should be it for impacts.</p><p><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2026/11/JJJHHHH-1794452531555.png"></p><p><strong>Atlantic: Staying Quiet</strong></p><p>Not much is happening in the Atlantic Basin. What was Invest 94-L is no longer being monitored for tropical development. The Atlantic hurricane season ends at the end of the month.</p><p><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2026/11/Screenshot 2026-11-09 114435-1794249926655.png"></p><p>Although tropical activity typically decreases as fall progresses, the Atlantic hurricane season officially continues through November 30. The Eastern Pacific hurricane season also runs through November 30. For now, neither disturbance has developed into a tropical cyclone, but the Pacific system has the greater potential for organization this week.</p><p>WeatherNation will continue monitoring both areas of interest and provide updates as new information becomes available from the National Hurricane Center.</p>

Tropics Update: Pena Spinning in the Pacific

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Kevin Schneider

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<p>An interesting setup is rolling through the Midwest and Ohio Valleys this week. It's the spark that lights the fuse to the powerful system bringing some snow chances out east.</p><p>RELATED: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.weathernationtv.com/news/east-coast-snow-what-we-know-about-the-late-week-system"><strong>Latest on the snow chances this week</strong></a></p><p>As it's getting setup, however, severe storms will be possible over the heartland on Wednesday.</p><h1>SETUP</h1><p>A fast-moving disturbance will ripple through the middle of the week. That will be enough to trigger storms by the afternoon on Wednesday. Because it is such a potent disturbance, the storms feel like a relatively safe bet. There are more questions about where storms will fire, with some models liking areas north of the marginal outlook issued by the Storm Prediction Center.</p><p><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2026/11/Screenshot 2026-11-11 051307-1794399204727.png"></p><h1>IMPACTS</h1><p>Damaging winds are the biggest concern; There is plenty of wind shear to organize storms, and that wind energy could help spin up a tornado or two.</p><p><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2026/11/Screenshot 2026-11-11 051345-1794399243165.png"></p><h1>TIMING</h1><p>With a fairly fast-moving system, these storms will be in and out of here pretty quickly. The severe window looks to shut shortly after sunset on Wednesday.</p><video src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2026/11/2026-11-11 05-17-18-1794399461872.mp4" controls="true" width="100%"></video>

Adrian Hernandez

Severe Threat Rolls Returns to the Ohio Valley

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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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<p></p><div class="twitter-tweet" style="display: flex; justify-content: center" data-twitt-post-id="2119564015060025572" src="https://x.com/WeatherNation/status/2119564015060025572"></div><p>Rain is tapering off after the heavy totals that fell over the Lone Star State the last couple of days. On Sunday, we had several rainfall records fall.</p><p><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2026/11/WEB 1-1794231174728.png">Not only were there records, but some of the totals surpassed half a foot of rain.</p><p><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2026/11/Screenshot 2026-11-09 155523-1794264949158.png"></p><h1>Rain &amp; Flood Potential</h1><p>Any additional rainfall Monday through Tuesday will be lighter, but because of the significant totals there will still be the possibility of isolated flooding.</p><p><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2026/11/Screenshot 2026-11-09 155628-1794265037493.png">The WPC keeps <strong>marginal </strong>to <strong>slight </strong>risk for flooding around overnight.</p><p><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2026/11/Screenshot 2026-11-09 155721-1794265052393.png">More on your Central Regional forecast can be found :30 past the hour on WeatherNation.</p><p></p>

Texas Flood Threat To Start The Week

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Brittany Lockley

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<p>The same system that has produced unsettled weather across much of the country is still impacting the East Coast, bringing a surge of moisture into New England. The front will be exiting the Northeast Saturday morning. However, it brought rainfall totals over 6 inches in Massachusetts. The heaviest rain will be moving out, but an area of low pressure will still bring chilly rain to the Northeast into Sunday morning.</p><p><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2026/11/Screenshot 2026-11-07 113420-1794076472352.png"></p><p>The heaviest rainfall, according to our in-house forecast models, remains over portions of CT, RI, and MA. There could also be some snow chances with the colder air getting wrapped up into the system.</p><p><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2026/11/Screenshot 2026-11-07 113507-1794076517572.png"></p><p>For more on your Eastern Regional Forecast, tune in to WeatherNation :10 past the hour.</p>

Heavy Rain Brings Flooding Concerns to Northeast as Storm System Moves East

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<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>Residences along the Ocoee (TN) and Toccoa (GA) River have had to leave their homes early Thursday morning as heavy caused catastrophic flooding overnight into the morning hours. Up to 10 inches of rain fell in parts of Northern Georgia Wednesday evening, leading to a surge of water in the Ocoee, hitting a record height of over 18 feet.<br><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2026/11/Screenshot 2026-11-05 073059-1793889084159.png">Residents along the river are being evacuated and the red cross has opened a shelter. The flooding will likely continue to shift down stream with major impacts.</p><p><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2026/11/Screenshot 2026-11-05 073047-1793889084161.png">More than 11 inches of rain fell in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Northern Georgia late Wednesday into early Thursday, flooding several areas before running off into the Toccoa/Ocoee.</p><p><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2026/11/Screenshot 2026-11-05 074333-1793889818485.png"></p><p></p>

Flash Flood Emergency For Parts of Georgia and Tennessee

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It is called a horseshoe cloud... Because, well, it's shaped like a horseshoe.

Christy Grimes caught a glimpse of what the National Weather Service calls "one of the rarest clouds ever."

https://twitter.com/NWSElko/status/972145339628249089

Grimes shot the photos near Battle Mountain Thursday and sent them to the National Weather Service office in Elko, Nevada.

So, with it being one of the rarest clouds, everyone is stuck wondering how the clouds form.

The Elko National Weather Service office gave this great explanation:
<blockquote>"An updraft pushes flattish cumulus clouds up and a horizontal vortex develops from differential updraft speeds.

As the vortex climbs, it gets caught in the faster horizontal winds aloft, and the middle part of the vortex catches the faster speeds with the ends being slower.

The result is that the center of the vortex pulls out ahead. Various time lapses can be found online."</blockquote>
So, if you ever see a horseshoe cloud, make sure to snap a photo, because you're one of the lucky ones.

"One of the rarest clouds ever" forms over Nevada sky

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