Alana Cameron was born and raised in Canada in the city of Mississauga, just outside of Toronto. Alana is the oldest of 4 siblings, all close in age, and grew up playing outside with them in all types of weather. After graduating high school, Alana moved to study at the University of British Columbia in Kelowna for a year before transferring to Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia where she completed a Bachelor of Science in Physics and Atmospheric Science. Upon completion, Alana moved back to Toronto where she completed a post-grad degree in Meteorology at York University. After her post-grad, she went on to complete another post-grad in Broadcast Journalism - TV News at Fanshawe College in London, Ontario. During her final year of studies she had the privilege of interning with the best in the business in Canada at The Weather Network. Once she finished her internship, she got the call from small-town Denison, Texas where she accepted a job as an on-air meteorologist at KTEN-TV, right in tornado alley, covering severe weather from Sherman/Denison (North Texas) to Ada (Southern Oklahoma). After the most active tornado season Oklahoma had seen in May 2019 (105 tornadoes!) Alana is excited to join WeatherNation to cover weather all across the nation. If you're interested in following her on social media she can be found @alanacameronwx!

Alana Cameron

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The Upper Midwest has been fairly quiet recently. Naturally, when everyone is trying to travel back home, that trend breaks. A strong trough will kick out a windy area of low-pressure. That could bring some wintry weather back to the Dakotas and into the Great Lakes.<h1>Wind</h1>A strong system with a lot of wind energy will drive up the wind speeds tonight and into Tuesday. By Tuesday morning, areas around the Black Hills could be talking about wind gusts in the 50-60 mph range! Would it be enough to knock out power? Potentially. With travel starting to ramp up throughout the week, the bigger concern might have to be higher-profile vehicles on plenty of east-west facing interstates.<video src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/11/11-24__rnc winds-1764039736694.mp4" controls="true" width="100%"></video><h1>Snow</h1>Widespread winter weather alerts have been issued from Montana to Michigan as this low-pressure system drops in. Some models have snowfall totals surpassing a foot into the Upper Midwest, but generally between 3-7" of snow will come down in these regions. However, where winter storm warnings (pink) are in effect we can expect 12" of snowfall.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/11/Screenshot 2025-11-24 200124-1764039753102.png">Since this system is fast-moving, totals across North Dakota and Minnesota are around that half a foot mark, but across the Great Lakes from now through the eve of Thanksgiving, we could see upwards of one foot.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/11/Screenshot 2025-11-24 200124-1764039763084.png"><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/11/Screenshot 2025-11-24 200131-1764039768005.png"><h1>Timing</h1>Snowfall has started in Montana and will continue to move east with this system across the northern Plains and Upper Midwest into Tuesday and Wednesday. Eventually, this moisture will work into the Northeast.<video src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/11/11-24_rnc bams3k 18z-1764039810804.mp4" controls="true" width="100%"></video><h1>Temperatures</h1>Expect a significant cool down. Low temperatures take a dive into the teens and single digits by Thanksgiving morning.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/11/Screenshot 2025-11-24 160935-1764025783153.png">For more details, tune in to your Central Regional Forecast :30 past the hour.

Windy System Blows Through Upper Midwest This Week

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Kevin Schneider

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A low-pressure system currently moving through the Northern Plains is expected to move into the northeast as we head into Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thanksgiving. This unfortunately, could complicate holiday plans.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/11/Screenshot 2025-11-23 112422-1763922444302.png">As this system <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.weathernationtv.com/news/windy-system-blows-through-upper-midwest-this-week">spins it's way into the Great Lakes</a>, widespread rain will build by Tuesday into Wednesday. If you're holding a balloon in the parade, the winds are what concern you. It doesn't look like it will be windy enough to affect much of the parade, but balloons might have to be lowered to help offset winds funneling between buildings.<video src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/11/11-24_rne bams qwind-1764039389303.mp4" controls="true" width="100%"></video>All of this to say - Thanksgiving parades are probably alright in the northeast. Unless they're in the western New York area, those winds will be breezy at times, but the direction is most important! A westerly wind will carry warmer air temperatures from the lake waters into much cooler air temperatures behind all of this. The result? Thanksgiving Lake Effect Snow! Impressive bands have been noted on some longer-range models around Erie and Buffalo.<video src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/11/11-24 rne bams3k 18z-1764039443998.mp4" controls="true" width="100%"></video><h2>Winter Alerts</h2>Winter storm watches have been issued for portions of western New York once the lake effect machine gets cranking. Most of these winter weather alerts are for 7" of snowfall and winds as high as 50 mph. These combined could lead to whiteout conditions for Thanksgiving travel.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/11/Screenshot 2025-11-24 195849-1764039548978.png"><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/11/Screenshot 2025-11-24 195857-1764039554612.png">For more on this forecast, be sure to join us at :10 past the hour for your east regional forecast.

Moisture and Lake Effect Snow for the Northeast

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Severe weather is in the forecast for the South, from Texas through Georgia. The Storm Prediction Center has issued severe weather outlooks as a frontal boundary swiftly moves through.<h2>Overnight</h2>The severe weather threat continues to push east along the cold front. Areas from northern Mississippi to central Texas will see the chance for severe weather. The Storm Prediction Center has us under a SLIGHT (level 2 out of 5) risk for severe storms across Texas and the lower Mississippi River Valley.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/11/Screenshot 2025-11-24 195127-1764039135112.png">The tornado threat continues into Tuesday morning across portions of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and surrounding states.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/11/Screenshot 2025-11-24 195133-1764039161585.png"><h2>Tuesday</h2>The threat moves east on Tuesday to include more of the South. Isolated severe storms are likely to develop across portions of the southeast and Deep south. The SPC has issued a SLIGHT (level 2 out of 5) risk for Mississippi and Alabama.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/11/Screenshot 2025-11-24 111109-1764007875043.png"><h2>Storm Timing</h2><video src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/11/11-24_rsc rse 18z-1764039171198.mp4" controls="true" width="100%"></video><h2>Rainfall</h2>Watch for pockets of heavy rain that could lead to flooding. The Weather Prediction Center (WPC) has a Marginal risk for flooding through Tuesday.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/11/Screenshot 2025-11-24 195301-1764039195452.png">

Severe Weather Slides Through the South

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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, surpassing the record-breaking 2024. Most travelers will be hitting the road vs flying.<div data-youtube-video=""><iframe width="640" height="480" allowfullscreen="false" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/o78PUXSJCJU" start="0"></iframe></div><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. Besides New York City, the other nine 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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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>

Rob Bradley

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Hurricane Melissa was a devastating category 5 storm that made landfall in Jamaica as one of the strongest systems on record in the Atlantic Basin.A dropsonde recorded a wind gust of 252 mph shortly before landfall, which was verified this week by NSF NCAR (U.S. National Science Foundation National Center for Atmospheric Research) to be accurate, making it the strongest gust ever recorded in a tropical cyclone.WeatherNation Meteorologist Rob Bradley discusses the data and Melissa's intense winds with hurricane researcher Andy Hazelton, who was working the data position on the reconnaissance flight that recorded the record gust.<div data-youtube-video=""><iframe width="640" height="480" allowfullscreen="false" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/n8DyYwpvi0w" start="0"></iframe></div>What are meso-vortices? These are smaller scale circulations in the atmosphere that are essentially miniature low pressure systems. These can be observed within clusters of thunderstorms, but they also appear within the eye and eye wall of intense hurricanes. Melissa produced some of the most visually stunning meso-vortices in the satellite era (below).<div class="twitter-tweet" style="display: flex; justify-content: center" data-twitt-post-id="1983738129581301844" src="https://x.com/WeatherNation/status/1983738129581301844"></div>

Hurricane Melissa Produces Strongest Gust Recorded in a Hurricane

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Brittany Lockley

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A cut-off low will be moving out of southern California, bringing a surge of deep moisture to the Four Corners this weekend through next week. This low will bring rounds of showers and thunderstorms.&nbsp;Communities across northwest New Mexico, southeast Utah, southwest Colorado, and northeast Arizona could an abundant amount of rain, with some areas picking up over an inch of rain by the end of the weekend.&nbsp;<video src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/11/2025-11-22 08-09-43-1763824217158.mp4" controls="true" width="100%"></video>In the mountains, snow has been piling up with 2-9" of snow reported across multiple states on Friday. Higher elevations are cold enough for accumulating mountain snow once again, which may create tricky travel conditions over passes and high-country roadways throughout a busy week for travel.&nbsp;<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/11/Screenshot 2025-11-22 081034-1763824255136.png"><h2>Forecast</h2>Rain and snow chances will persist throughout the weekend, as the system moves to the Northeast. Heavy snow will return to the mountains, with difficult travel, especially on I-70 in Colorado. The rain and snow will mostly clear out by the beginning of next week.<video src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/11/New Baron Video 3-1763867781581.mp4" controls="true" width="100%"></video>Isolated rain totals through Sunday could top an inch or two in some areas of Arizona. Some ponding on the roadways and street flooding will be possible. Expect heavy snow in the mountains, upwards of 6"+ in many locations. Ski resorts in Colorado could see more than a foot.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/11/1-1763867831465.png">Denver is preparing for a noticeably colder and more unsettled stretch of weather. a flurry might fall down in the Denver metro Saturday into Sunday as a stronger push of colder air drops into the Front Range.<video src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/11/2025-11-22 08-20-04-1763824846586.mp4" controls="true" width="100%"></video>While totals will depend on how quickly temperatures fall and how long the moisture stays in place, it just might be too warm in the metro to see snow.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/11/1-1763867877561.png">&nbsp;

Jesse Kelley

Four Corners Expecting More Flooding Rain, Mountain Snow

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A strong storm system that brought severe storms and flooding rain to Texas and Oklahoma is on the move. The trough is moving east with more impactful weather before it heads into the Atlantic Saturday afternoon.Severe storms are possible along the cold front tonight through Saturday morning from Kentucky into Mississippi. Wind damage is expected to be the primary hazard, so be sure to secure any loose objects outdoors.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/11/1-1763781379997.png">Scattered heavy downpours are expected to persist north of the low across the Midwest and Ohio Valley tonight. Severe storms could form into the overnight hours. Our high-resolution forecast model shows supercell thunderstorms developing late in the evening in West Tennessee, before tracking east overnight into the Deep South.<video src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/11/New Baron Video 3-1763781681080.mp4" controls="true" width="100%"></video>Rainfall totals don't look too impressive thanks to the progressive movement of this system. 1-2 inches is expected for most areas that see thunderstorms.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/11/1-1763781727696.png">

Trough Shifts East, Severe Storms & Flooding Possible

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Here are some of our top weather stories for the nation.

Severe Weather

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A severe weather is in place for today and Saturday across the South and Southeast. Across the south today numerous severe storms are likely with damaging winds expected especially overnight. This active weather could have implication for the Master's golf tournament taking place this weekend.

Winter Weather

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Winter weather continues across the High Plains, Great Lakes and eventually Mid-Atlantic from today through Sunday. Some areas in around the nation's capitol could pick up measurable snow. Very cold air is expected push far south into Kansas and Oklahoma this weekend, potentially leading to record low temps across the nation.

Western Rain

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Heavy rain continues to pour into the western United States, with flooding concerns from California to Idaho. By the end of the weekend, some areas could measure several inches of rain.

Fire Threat

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Increased fire concerns are in place across parts of New Mexico and Texas today and through the weekend as warmth, wind and drought lingers across this region.

For WeatherNation, I am <a href="http://www.twitter.com/MarcusDWalter/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Meteorologist Marcus Walter</a>.

Top Weather Stories for Friday, April 6th, 2018

Windy System Blows Through Upper Midwest This Week

The Upper Midwest has been fairly quiet recen

Moisture and Lake Effect Snow for the Northeast

A low-pressure system currently moving throug

Severe Weather Slides Through the South

Severe weather is in the forecast for the Sou

A Record Breaking Thanksgiving Travel Week Expected

It is that time of year again—when millions o

Hurricane Melissa Produces Strongest Gust Recorded in a Hurricane

Hurricane Melissa was a devastating category

Four Corners Expecting More Flooding Rain, Mountain Snow

A cut-off low will be moving out of southern

Trough Shifts East, Severe Storms & Flooding Possible

A strong storm system that brought severe sto