Kevin Schneider

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It is that time of year again—when millions of Americans hit the road or the skies to connect with friends and family. AAA is expecting a record number of travelers this year, a number surpassing a record-breaking 2024! Most travelers will hit the road vs flying.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/11/Screenshot 2025-11-17 104347-1763401813998.png">With millions hitting the roads, traffic will be hard to avoid, no matter where you are heading. However, there will be some better times to do your traveling. AAA suggests starting the journey early but with a reasonable night of sleep the night prior.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/11/Screenshot 2025-11-17 105052-1763401888415.png">With so many traveling over the holidays, there are some favored destinations. Other than New York City, the other 9 top destinations favor warm weather in late November.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/11/Screenshot 2025-11-17 110215-1763402544204.png">How does this compare to previous years? With more than 6 million people expected to fly, that's a 2% increase compared to last year, but it's a more than 10% jump compared to pre-pandemic levels!<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/11/Screenshot 2025-11-17 105653-1763402231681.png">

A Record Breaking Thanksgiving Travel Week Expected

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Intense rain and wind began impacting California again on Thursday and continued throughout the weekend as a strong Pacific trough began moving inland. Flooding reports and landslides have been reported across the entire state over the last few days after some places received more than six inches of rain!<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/11/Screenshot 2025-11-17 082640-1763393207828.png">Unfortunately, we're not out of the woods yet as another disturbance is moving through Monday. That will bring a renewed round of rain and snow for the Golden State. The biggest concern for flash flooding will be again in Southern California, were recent (this year) burn scars refuse to absorb any of the heavy rainfall.<h1><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/11/Screenshot 2025-11-17 082907-1763399174497.png">Timing</h1><video src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/11/2025-11-17 08-36-02-1763393808719.mp4" controls="true" width="100%"></video>You can also watch the regional forecast on demand with the WeatherNation app!

Another Round of Rain Moves Through California Today

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The next few days are going to be really nice with above-average temperatures across the Central and Southern Plains. Highs are expected to creep into 80s. As we jump ahead a few days, the middle and end of next week are looking quite active and stormy! <img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/11/Screenshot 2025-11-17 071247-1763388775321.jpg">Although we are a couple of days out from the event, some of the early signs point to heavy rain and severe chances increasing across the Southern Plains starting Wednesday. We're honing in on Thursday with the best bet to see rainfall overwhelm the soils in the southern plains. <img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/11/Screenshot 2025-11-16 195938-1763348545151.png">The part of the forecast that's hard to nail down this far in advance: the severe threat. Are there ingredients that could help power severe storms? Absolutely. <img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/11/Screenshot 2025-11-17 071201-1763388747933.jpg">Record heat building from Texas into the Deep South could certainly help drive storms to pack damaging winds or large hail. This far in advance, it's still a bit uncertain, however. In-house models seem to be into the idea:<video src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/11/11-16_rsc forecast-1763348563603.mp4" controls="true" width="100%"></video>What severe threat will likely start in Texas and spread north - but how far north is a question. We'll have the latest updates on this developing situation at :30 past the hour in your Central Regional Forecast!

Active Pattern Developing Across the Central U.S. This Week

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Although a cold front has worked its way into the northern states, the upper-level ridge remains in place across the Central Plains south into the Lower Rio Grande Valley. This has sent temperatures soaring past normal November highs. On Sunday, numerous Texas locations set record-high temperatures, including Austin and Houston.<h1><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/11/Screenshot 2025-11-16 195730-1763348279461.png">Southern Plains</h1>Despite a front moving through, it didn't bring any cooler air for the southern Plains. Although Texas is no stranger to heat, temperatures will feel more like summer, with some locales reaching high temperatures 20°+ above average!<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/11/Screenshot 2025-11-17 081758-1763392687059.png"><h1>Southeast</h1>As the ridge migrates further east later this week, places like Tennessee and North Carolina will get a bump to their afternoon highs. While it might not be reaching dangerous levels, it's hard to remember to make Thanksgiving travel plans when it's this warm!<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/11/Screenshot 2025-11-17 081836-1763392728716.png">For more information on the central heat, tune into your central regional forecast at :30 past the hour on WeatherNation.

Record Heat Continues This Week

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<h1>OVERNIGHT</h1>Winter weather alerts remain in place for heavy snow in northern Maine, mixed snow and ice from northern New York through New Hampshire, and even lake effect snow warnings for western Pennsylvania. These alerts will remain in place through Monday.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/11/Web1-1763375387255.png">Snow will be possible overnight and into Monday, with a few lake-effect bands possible. Things will be mostly clear by Monday night.<video src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/11/2025-11-17 03-31-32-1763375514809.mp4" controls="true" width="100%"></video>An additional 3"- 6" will be possible before this system exits. <img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/11/Web1-1763375556883.png">Another system will follow in the footsteps of this one, closer to the middle of the week. Keep up with your East regional forecast as we inch closer to then.

Adrian Hernandez

Weekend System Brings Snow, Ice, & Storms to the Northeast

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WeatherNation Meteorologists

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<div class="twitter-tweet" style="display: flex; justify-content: center" data-twitt-post-id="1988464269105717604" src="https://x.com/WeatherNation/status/1988464269105717604"></div>The Northern Lights (Auroras—commonly seen near the poles—occur when charged particles from the sun collide with Earth’s atmosphere.) are being seen by thousands! With photos and videos prove that skygaziers are spotting them much farther south in the United States and Europe over the last two years. It begs the question...Why are we seeing these geomagnetic storms that are far more reaching than normal?The reason? The sun is undergoing a dramatic magnetic shift. Every 11 years, its poles reverse, creating intense magnetic twists and disturbances that fuel these vivid light shows.Aurora lovers, rejoice! The Space Weather Prediction Center correctly said Tuesday, November 11th, that aurora chances could be seen as far south as Alabama and California. Space weather forecasters predict more dazzling displays AGAIN Wednesday night into Thursday.<div class="twitter-tweet" style="display: flex; justify-content: center" data-twitt-post-id="1988725181372629334" src="https://x.com/NWSSWPC/status/1988725181372629334"></div>ANOTHER coronal mass ejection (CME) is expected to arrive at and impact the Earth with the potential for elevated geomagnetic response, AKA: more auroras. As of 1 pm ET on November 12th, the SWPC issued a Geomagnetic Storm Watch of G4 or higher, the same alert level issued for Tuesday night into Wednesday!<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/11/Screenshot 2025-11-12 112939-1762972276799.png"><h3>THE FORECAST:</h3>Timing with the arrival of CMEs and their corresponding aurora is difficult to forecast, but this is the latest outlook from the Space Weather Prediction Center (released around midday Wednesday) for Wednesday night. Going to a dark location away from city lights will increase visibility of the aurora.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/11/Screenshot 2025-11-12 112933-1762972286670.png">You can learn more about how to view and photograph the aurora by visiting <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://science.nasa.gov/feature/nasas-guide-to-finding-and-photographing-auroras/">NASA's Guide</a>.<h3>THE COLORS:</h3>The colors you see during an aurora event are based on the type of gases and their elevations within the atmosphere as they react to the solar influence.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/11/THE COLORS-1762887760023.png">Oxygen and nitrogen provide the colors typically seen within the aurora, with green being the most common. You can learn more about <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.nps.gov/articles/-articles-aps-v8-i1-c9.htm">the science behind the colors</a> with the National Park Service.As always, submit your photos and videos of the aurora to us here at WeatherNation. Tag us on social media, or submit them to our email feedback@weathernationtv.com.

Jackie Brown

Solar Storm Visible as far south as The South - Another Round Arrives Tonight

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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.

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The season’s first Arctic blast surged into the South, arriving nearly three weeks ahead of meteorological winter, which begins December 1. Driven by a deep upper-level trough, this system has funneled frigid Canadian air all the way down to Texas. Multiple record lows were set over the past few days across the south and southeast. The good news: we're warming back up!<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/11/Web 1-1762947369987.png">We will see a pattern change this week, with temperatures becoming average, and then above average as a high-pressure system ridges back in by the end of the week!<video src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/11/2025-11-12 06-35-47-1762947394918.mp4" controls="true" width="100%"></video><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/11/Web 2-1762947531574.png">Get forecast details for your section of the country with our regional forecasts, which air at :10, :30, and :50 past the hour from east to west. You can also watch the latest forecast anytime with the WeatherNation app!

Alana Cameron

Last Morning of Record Cold - Digging Out the Rest of the Week

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Strong heat will be building over the south this weekend, especially impacting the state of Texas!  Here is the latest forecast.
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You can see the high temperature forecast will be increasing as we move through the weekend.  If you have any outdoor activities planned, please use caution and do your best to stay safe.

<a href="https://twitter.com/MeteorologistPC">Meteorologist Patrick Crawford</a>

Strong Heat for Texas this Weekend

Temperature Forecast

A Record Breaking Thanksgiving Travel Week Expected

It is that time of year again—when millions o

Another Round of Rain Moves Through California Today

Intense rain and wind began impacting Califor

Active Pattern Developing Across the Central U.S. This Week

The next few days are going to be really nice

Record Heat Continues This Week

Although a cold front has worked its way into

Weekend System Brings Snow, Ice, & Storms to the Northeast

OVERNIGHTWinter weather alerts remain in plac

Solar Storm Visible as far south as The South - Another Round Arrives Tonight

The Northern Lights (Auroras—commonly seen ne

Last Morning of Record Cold - Digging Out the Rest of the Week

The season’s first Arctic blast surged into t