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.

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We are experiencing some of the coldest air EVER on record in the Northeast. Temperatures will be well below zero throughout New York and New England, leading to the risk of damage from the cold (frozen pipes, burst pipes) and danger to people and pets. Temperatures are in the single digits and teens today, with daytime highs on Friday potentially record setting. Everywhere you see a light pink dot is the opportunity to tie or break a record cold high temperature. Widespread highs in the teens are anticipated Friday with wind chill values running well below zero. <img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/02/record cold highs-1675348441837.JPG">At these forecast numbers, frostbite can set in as quickly as 5 or 10 minutes on any exposed skin. It's always helpful to remind yourself to cover up any exposed skin before you venture outside, especially if you have to work outside. Layers, layers, and more layers!<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/02/02-02 NE Wind Chill-1675428847747.JPG">Record setting and cold air doesn't stop on Friday night, Saturday morning will be incredibly cold in the Northeast and some of the coldest air EVER on record for the city. Many of these cold records date back to the 1880s, when modern weather record keeping began. Boston's record low of -3° was set in 1886. Brr!! To the north closer to the Adirondacks of New York, temperatures of -25 degrees could rival records as well. In these temperatures, frostbite can happen in less than 30 minutes of being outside.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/02/Capture-1675296330965.JPG"><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/02/1jpg-1675303519330.jpeg">Layers, layers, layers! Stay with WeatherNation for the latest on the cold in your Eastern Regional Forecast, always :10 past the hour.

Life Threatening Cold in the Northeast Friday & Saturday

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After a few dry weeks in California, we are gearing up for the next storm system to impact the western U.S. and bring more snow back to the Sierra Nevada. This comes after a February 1 <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.weathernationtv.com/news/california-snowpack-update-highest-snow-reading-in-6-years">snowpack reading at the highest levels in 6 years</a> by the California Department of Public Resources. Winter weather alerts are in place for the Sierra Nevada from Friday night through Saturday for incoming snow. Expect 6 to 15" of snow above 4000 feet, with 15 to 28" above 6000 feet. Wind gusts will be in the range of 50-60mph with gusts over the highest peaks possible at 100 mph!<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/02/sierra wssi-1675435303829.JPG">High elevation snow and coastal rainfall will fall through midday and early afternoon today. There will then be a lull in the snow until another front arrives Saturday night and Sunday. The second system is more powerful, and will bring heavier snow for over 24 hours through the northern Sierra.<video src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/02/Cali Snow-1675435627291.mp4" controls="true" width="100%"></video>Model indications are for over 3' of snow through the highest peaks through Sunday night. Some of this snow we will pick up into Friday but most comes in the second push of snow on Saturday night. Although the highest snowfall totals will be in California, accumulating snow is possible all the way into the northern Four Corners. Totals in Utah could reach over six inches through Sunday evening.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/02/sierra snow-1675435219593.JPG">We aren't done with the snow on Sunday; The Weather Prediction Center has highlighted the potential for heavy snow in the Sierra Nevada through Tuesday of next week as multiple waves of energy interact with cold air and moisture.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/02/sierra outlook-1675373720608.JPG">Stay with WeatherNation for the latest on the forecast and for your Western specific regional forecast, always join us at :50 past the hour.

Heavy Sierra Snow Expected This Weekend

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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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A weak clipper system slides through the northern tier of the country today and tomorrow bringing a light coating of snow to the northern tier of the country, but more impressively, the potential for Lake Effect snow! In Michigan, we have Winter Weather Advisories for the shores of Lakes Michigan and Superior. Some of the snow totals for lake effect bands could be upwards of 6"! A BLIZZARD WARNING is in effect for far northern Maine through Saturday. Despite the forecast calling for light snow, it will be the strong winds that create blowing snow and near whiteout conditions. Travel will be extremely difficult if not impossible during this time. Additionally, wind chills could be near -50° in this same area thanks to frigid Arctic air flowing in behind a cold front.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/02/blizzy maine-1675363264002.JPG">You can expect to see pockets of lake enhancement and eventually lake effect snowfall behind the clipper through tomorrow morning.<video src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/02/jb 3-1675434849827.mp4" controls="true" width="100%"></video>Be prepared for very cold temperatures, too! Arctic air follows the cold front, and in some cases this could be the coldest air ever on record.The brutally cold air in the upper levels of our atmosphere should be enough to combat the already cold surface temperatures of the Great Lakes. We generally need a temperature difference between the surface and 5000ft of 25°F for lake effect snow showers to be successful. As we are deep in the winter season, our lakes are at their coldest and those temperature differences can be hard to achieve.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/02/le criteria-1675283774122.JPG">Some of the lakeshores are covered with ice, but it is important that the "fetch", or distance the super-cold air travels over the lake, is exposed water. We see that through Lakes Huron, Ontario, and even Lake Erie despite it being the shallowest Great Lake.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/02/Capture-1675302218399.JPG">For more on the record cold temperatures, snow, and weekend forecast in the Northeast and Great Lakes, join us for your top headlines and our eastern regional forecast, always :10 past the hour.

Clipper System & Lake Effect Bring Light Snow to the Northeast

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There has been a quieter streak across the Pacific Northwest recently, but more active weather is here for the weekend. The Weather Prediction Center has highlighted the potential of heavy snow in the Cascades of Oregon and Washington for this weekend and again for early next week. The Rockies and Bitterroots of Wyoming and Idaho are also highlighted for the heavy snow as moisture pushes inland especially on Sunday<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/02/nw wpc-1675375443202.JPG">Multiple rounds of rain and snow will work through the Northwest through the weekend. There will be a lull in the activity through midday today, before more moisture pushes onshore later this evening. Heavy rainfall will be seen for mountain valleys and along the coastline. <video src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/02/jb 1-1675433347505.mp4" controls="true" width="100%"></video>Additional waves of moisture will roll out of the Pacific through Monday, bringing more rain at the coast and heavy mountain snow. This second system will be colder, meaning more of the precipitation will fall as snow.<video src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/02/jb 2-1675433815391.mp4" controls="true" width="100%"></video>Snow accumulations through midday Monday will be on the order of a foot in the highest elevations of the Sierra Nevada and Cascades. While these totals will be high in spots, it comes over the period of a few days. Travel will be impacted at times in the high country. Parts of I-80 near Reno will be difficult, along with I-90 near the Snoqualmie Pass and I-84 through Oregon and Idaho.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/02/2-1675433481537.jpg">Expect temperatures for Seattle, WA to remain in the upper 40s and low 50s while inland communities drop to the 30s and 40s this weekend. It won't be nearly as chilly compared to last weekend!<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/02/RNW 3 day-1675308444971.JPG">More details can be found :50 past the hour on WeatherNation.

Active Weather Returns to the Northwest

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Yet another system brought heavy rain into the ArkLaTex Thursday with totals topping 2" in spots (ABOVE). As that system moves east, rain tapers down through the Southeast except for Florida where pockets of heavy rain are possible late Saturday through Monday.<h1>Thunderstorm Outlooks</h1>Thunderstorms will be possible as the front and sub-tropical moisture provide enough energy. Isolated damaging wind gusts can't be ruled out, but sub-severe storms are the expectation.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/02/02-03 FL SPC F-1675431240791.JPG">Energy shifts to southeastern Florida on Saturday, with the best chances for heavy rain developing late Saturday into Sunday morning. These showers could produce heavy enough rainfall rates to lead to an urban flooding threat.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/02/02-03 FL SPC S-1675431251538.JPG">Showers along the front will push offshore of the Carolinas and Georgia into the early afternoon, with broken showers along the front through Florida. As a weak low pressure system tries to form late Saturday into Sunday, showers will gradually become more numerous for much of Florida's east coast.<video src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/02/2023-02-03 06-33-27-1675431298258.mp4" controls="true" width="100%"></video>Pockets of 1-3" of rain are expected, but isolated totals could surpass 4-5", leading to the potential for isolated urban flooding.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/02/02-063 FL Accum-1675431267559.JPG">The rainfall is needed for south Florida, which has been particularly dry over the last month. <img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/02/02-03 Shriveled FL-1675431280882.JPG">Join WeatherNation for the Eastern Regional Forecast always:10 and:30 past the hour for more details on the weekend forecast and the potential for wet weather.

Showers For the Southeast, Rain Lingers in Florida

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Arctic air from Canada has been grasping much of the central and western U.S. leading to the icy mess across the South. And after some slightly warmer weather Wednesday, another blast of winter is in place for the High Plains of the Dakotas and Minnesota to round out the work week. Wind chill alerts are in effect for North Dakota and Minnesota along with parts of Wisconsin. Wind chill values will quickly sink again as arctic air takes over. While we aren't anticipating huge wind gusts, even a little breeze at these temperatures can be extremely dangerous!<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/02/wind chill alerts-1675375197983.JPG">At these forecast numbers, frostbite can set in as quickly as 5 or 10 minutes on any exposed skin. Cover up any exposed skin before you venture outside, especially if you have to work outside. Layers, layers, and more layers! The heart of the cold air will move east through the end of the week, with much warmer air quickly replacing it from the west. Still, expect the feels like temperature to be anywhere from 15-25 degrees colder than the actual temperature.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/02/friday high vs chill-1675375230669.JPG">Stay with us here at WeatherNation as we track the cold and please stay safe!

Single Degree Highs Locked into the High Plains

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We have seen significant icing this week with ice causing problems from Texas to Tennessee from roadways to power outages. Over half a million people through the southern plains are without power today. Our top reports show nearly an inch of ice accumulation through Texas and nearly 2" of sleet into northern Arkansas. Given cold temperatures lingering, it will take some time for all of this to melt. Please do not try and travel even as this event is winding down.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/02/ice reports-1675349060783.JPG"><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/02/ice since monday-1675349069230.JPG">Additional ice accumulations through the rest of the day today will be on the order of 0.10" - much less compared to what we've seen so far this week, but icy roadways are still anticipated and even if you don't receive any more ice or sleet today, we are cold enough that what is already on the ground isn't going anywhere. <img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/02/02-02 Ice 3k-1675344513985.JPG">Ice will continue to taper off through the late morning, but impacts will likely linger through the rest of the day. Black ice is possible overnight into Friday in areas that don't see evaporation. Power outages could persist for days in some areas, if not longer.<video src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2023/02/Ice Video today-1675363387012.mp4" controls="true" width="100%"></video>If your power goes out, run generators at least 20 feet from the outside of your home and if you're using a space heater inside, put it at least three feet away from any flammable items.

Significant Icing Event Causes Widespread Power Outages & Halts Travel Through the South

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The Rhea fire has been burning across western Oklahoma since Friday, April 12th. With strong winds and low humidity levels, this fire has rapidly grown to over 240,000 acres.

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Many people homes, crops, and livestock have been destroyed as this massive wildfire continues to grow with only 3% containment.

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A State of Emergency remains in effect for 52 counties in Oklahoma due to wildfires and critical fire weather.

Sadly, there have been reports of fatalities and injuries due to this fire. On Saturday, a woman was found dead in her car and others have suffered from heat exhaustion and smoke inhalation.

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Read more about the extreme fire weather conditions for Tuesday <a href="https://media.weathernationtv.com/news/dangerous-fire-conditions-southwest/">here.</a>

For WeatherNation, Meteorologist Kate Mantych.