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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North Carolina and Tennessee saw a snowy start to Tuesday, with snow totals up to 4". Temperatures have been chilly, and Wednesday morning will be another cool start to the day.<video src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/12/VO_120224_RSE_MT. JULIET, TN_VARIOUS B ROLL SHOTS OF LIGHT SNOW IN THIS SUBURB OF NASHVILLE FROM OUR SENIOR NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT_TW_WILL NUNLEY_NC_E120224-1733229443837.mp4" controls="true" width="100%"></video>A trough of low pressure will funnel colder air to the south. High and low temperatures will range 10°-15° below average. A portion of the southeast will see highs only in the 40s and 50s. Florida can expect temperatures below average, with highs in Tampa in the upper 60s and Miami in the low 70s. We are looking at mostly dry conditions with little to no precipitation.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/12/Screenshot 2024-12-03 155207-1733266334369.png">Temperatures through Wednesday morning will be in the 20s across the Southeast.Florida will see lows on Wednesday in the 30s and 40s.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/12/Screenshot 2024-12-03 155556-1733266580024.png">By Friday, another shot of cold air returns for the southeast.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/12/Screenshot 2024-12-03 162312-1733268232636.png">There will be the possibility of breaking a few record-low temperatures or getting very close to record-low territory.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/12/Screenshot 2024-12-03 162414-1733268270969.png">For the latest headlines in the southeast, tune into WeatherNation at :10 past the hour.

Dave Holder

Another Shot of Cold Air for the Southeast

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Hopefully, those in the northeast haven't had their fill of snow over the last week. However, because more is on the way, the next batch will be a little different. A clipper system will bring additional snowfall, gusty winds, and another round of lake-effect snow. This system will fly through the upper Midwest and northeast late Tuesday night and out of here Thursday.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/12/Screenshot 2024-12-03 155725-1733266697216.png">Snowfall amounts will pale compared to what we've picked up recently, but a few more inches look likely. On the back end of the clipper, the winds will again shift over the Great Lakes and turn on the lake effect snow machine. Areas downwind of Lake Michigan, Lake Erie, and Lake Ontario will see higher totals.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/12/Screenshot 2024-12-03 155837-1733266723095.png">There will be moderate to major winter storm impacts for areas along the I-90 and I-81 corridors through PA and NY. These areas are still dealing with the FEET of snowfall over the last week.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/12/Screenshot 2024-12-03 161231-1733267563783.png">This system is quick, as clippers typically are.<video src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/12/nref-1733275027497.mp4" controls="true" width="100%"></video>More cold is on the way. It's already cold, but behind this system, lows will fall into the single digits after a one-night reprieve from the brutal cold. Wind chill values will be even colder.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/12/Screenshot 2024-12-03 160009-1733266836648.png">On the backside of this system, winds might orient themselves to bring back the lake-effect snow. The hits just keep on coming for the Great Lakes - we'll be tracking them with you as the week unfolds.

Clipper Reignites Lake-Effect Snow Across the Great Lakes

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The 3-7 day hazards outlook has the Gulf Coast under a heavy rainfall threat for Sunday. There will be some rainfall over the next few days but the heaviest moves in late week.<video src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/12/12031-1733267265568.mp4" controls="true" width="100%"></video>The next 7 days have the potential to push out over 5" of rainfall.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/12/Screenshot 2024-12-03 160821-1733267319995.png">Stay tuned to the forecast for any additional changes on the way. Your Central Regional Forecast is :30 past the hour, every hour.

Heavy Rain for the Gulf Coast This Weekend

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Kevin Schneider

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It's been a while since it snowed in parts of the Tar Heel State. January 29, 2022 was the last time measurable snow fell in the Greensboro area. Until last night. <img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/12/Screenshot 2024-12-03 070426-1733235519665.jpg">A quick-moving clipper system that dove southeast Monday brought some high elevation snow to the Appalachian Mountains, but some of that survived down into the lower elevations east of the mountains. There were even flakes that survived down to Charlotte, about an hour and a half south of Greensboro. Mt. Holly, just northwest of Charlotte recorded a trace of snow!<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/12/Screenshot 2024-12-03 070151-1733235529116.jpg">Places like Asheboro and Winston-Salem picked up some light amounts of snow, but more than enough to pick up traffic problems. Many agencies around North Carolina are reporting slick bridges and roads, and many schools are closing or are running a delayed start. Why do smaller amounts of snow cause problems? You have to start with the temperatures. Many places got down into the upper 20's, helping the snow stick as it was falling. <img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/12/Screenshot 2024-12-03 070231-1733235497866.jpg">The bad news: roads could still be slick tomorrow morning. Temperatures will dive again tonight under clear skies, and in some spots threaten record lows by the morning. Be careful heading out to work or school Wednesday, too!<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/12/Screenshot 2024-12-03 070213-1733235583985.jpg">The cold will turn to rain chances in the coming days. To see when, check out the East Regioinal Forecast at :10 past every hour

Brittany Lockley

The First Snow in Almost 3 Years Fell in North Carolina!

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A Lake Effect Snow event that started on Thanksgiving still exists across the Great Lakes and the Northeast. People are still digging out from what they picked up this weekend, with a little more on the way Tuesday morning.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/12/Screenshot 2024-12-03 054134-1733229725656.jpg">Many areas of New York surpassed 5 FEET of snow with the system that began late last week. <img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/12/Screenshot 2024-12-03 054250-1733229777155.jpg"><div class="twitter-tweet" style="display: flex; justify-content: center" data-twitt-post-id="1863259261955903796" src="https://x.com/WeatherNation/status/1863259261955903796"></div>Related article: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.weathernationtv.com/news/the-science-behind-lake-effect-snow">The Science Behind Lake Effect Snow</a> The lake effect snow machine will slowly start to wind down throughout the day Tuesday. Our next system will enter the picture Tuesday night, in the form of a clipper. That looks to bring us a dose of system snow and start the lake effect machine for the end of the week.<video src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/12/JFJFJFJF-1733189341969.mp4" controls="true" width="100%"></video><h2></h2>As the winds start to turn direction, snow will gradually wind down. Additional totals could approach a foot in some isolated areas, but most will fall pretty well short of 12 inches. <img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/12/Screenshot 2024-12-03 054819-1733230141829.jpg"><h2><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/12/Screenshot 2024-12-03 054854-1733230154537.jpg"></h2>Catch your Northeast forecast at :10 past the hour or your Central forecast at :30 past the hour, every hour on WeatherNation.

Snow Slowing Down in the Northeast Tuesday

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Tracey Anthony

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Well, no better way to ring in Meteorological Winter than with some winter-like temperatures! December 1st was the official start of meteorological winter and a surge of cold air is being reinforced in the northern tier of the United States, bringing dangerously low temperatures and wind chill values The cold will last into this week.<h1>NORTH</h1>Cold temps were in place on Monday and the below-average trend continues into Tuesday.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/12/vekiw average-1733189962438.png">Wind chills will be in the single digits and teens for Tuesday.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/12/wind chillsss tuesdayyyy -1733189833761.png">Temperatures are going to swing a little this week as our next system moves in. Minneapolis will feel a huge cooldown throughout the day on Wednesday. <img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/12/Web 1-1733230230052.png">And St. Louis will be warmer on Wednesday, returning to more seasonable levels before feeling a 25° temperature drop by Thursday! <img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/12/Web 3-1733230311590.png"><h1>SOUTH</h1> A portion of the southeast will see highs only in the 40s and 50s. Florida can expect temperatures below average, with highs in Tampa in the upper 60s and Miami in the low 70s.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/12/florida tempssss-1733190220162.png">Early morning temperatures for the Southeast will remain chilly into Tuesday and Freeze Warnings will remain in effect for southern Georgia and northern Florida. Overnight lows will likely<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/12/Web 6-1733146636334.png"><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/12/Web 7-1733146646944.png">We are looking at mostly dry conditions with little to no precipitation, except for some light snow in the Eastern TN Mountains.For the latest weather updates and winter storm warnings, stay tuned to WeatherNation for forecasts and heed all safety advisories.&nbsp;

Arctic Air Impacts Millions from the Midwest to the Eastern Seaboard

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Karissa is the Director of On-Air Operations at WeatherNation. Karissa grew up loving math and science, but really fell in love with Meteorology while attending the College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, Illinois. After two summers of storm chasing in the central plains, she knew that it was the career path for her. Standing in front of a thunderstorm and feeling the cool outflow knock her over was an experience she will never forget. After two years at COD, she transferred to Metropolitan State University of Denver. Karissa graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelors of Science in Meteorology. Her high school and college speech and meteorology professors were extremely supportive and pushed her to succeed. Before joining the WeatherNation team, she previously worked as the Morning Meteorologist at KCAU-TV in Sioux City, Iowa and at WMBD-TV in Peoria, IL. She recently was part of a National Edward R. Murrow award winning team for breaking news for their coverage of the EF-4 tornado in Washington, Illinois. In her free time, Karissa enjoys cooking and trying new foods. She is a self proclaimed 'TV Junkie' who can get into just about any show. She is a die hard Chicago sports fan who loves attending professional sporting events.

Karissa Klos

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The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season left a mark on the southeastern U.S. that will take years to recover from.&nbsp;18 named storms.&nbsp;11 hurricanes. 5 Gulf Coast landfalls.&nbsp;<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/11/Screenshot 2024-11-26 133950-1732653804564.png">An above average year was all but a certainty, with record setting ocean warmth and the eventual return of La Nina.&nbsp;&nbsp;“The impactful and deadly 2024 hurricane season started off intensely, then relaxed a bit before roaring back,” said Matthew Rosencrans, lead hurricane forecaster at NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center, a division of NOAA’s National Weather Service. “Several possible factors contributed to the peak season lull in the Atlantic region. The particularly intense winds and rains over Western Africa created an environment that was less hospitable for storm development.”Twelve named storms formed after the climatological peak of the season in early September. Seven hurricanes formed in the Atlantic since September 25 — the most on record for this period. (<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.noaa.gov/news-release/atlantic-hurricane-season-races-to-finish-within-range-of-predicted-number-of-named-storms">Courtesy: NOAA</a>)<div data-youtube-video=""><iframe width="640" height="480" allowfullscreen="false" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/2RO-HrmdaZg" start="0"></iframe></div>Tropical storms Alberto and Chris quickly formed and fizzled into the gulf coast of Mexico, but the season will be remembered for the five systems that came ashore in the United States. <img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/11/Screenshot 2024-11-26 134015-1732654751810.png">Hurricane Beryl became the first ever category 4 in the month of June, and the Atlantic's earliest category 5 on record. After heavily damaging Caribbean islands and the Yucatan, Beryl weakened before making landfall in Matagorda, Texas as a category 1 on July 8th.&nbsp;Localized rainfall amounts topped 15”.&nbsp; At the height of the storm, 2.7 million customers in Texas were without power.&nbsp;The remnants of Beryl broke record for most tornado warnings issued in a day for multiple NWS offices across the country, including Shreveport and Lake Charles, Louisiana and as far north as Buffalo, New York!&nbsp;In all, Beryl did at least $7.2 billion dollars in damage in the U.S. And is attributed to 45 fatalities.&nbsp;After a quiet July, category 1 Hurricane Debby made landfall in the big bend of Florida in August, ringing flooding rain to the state’s nature coast.&nbsp;Parts of Manatee and Sarasota County measured nearly 20 inches of rainfall.&nbsp;Totals went on to be even higher farther north as Debby exited Georgia, and made a second landfall in Bulls Bay, South Carolina.&nbsp;As Debby crawled its way north, tornado reports went on for four straight days from South Carolina to Pennsylvania.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Hurricane Ernesto rounded out August bringing destructive flooding to Puerto Rico. Before Francine became the third hurricane of 2024 to make landfall in the U.S., coming ashore in Terrebonne Parrish, Louisiana as a category 2 on September 11th. Close to a foot of rain fell in the greater New Orleans area.&nbsp;Potential Tropical Cyclone 8 spun up soon after, with just enough time to bring 20 inches of rainfall and flood the Carolina coast.&nbsp;&nbsp;<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/11/NOAA Hurr Season-1732652765846.jpg">Hurricane Helene was not only the strongest hurricane to ever make landfall in Florida's big bend, but its torrential rains caused catastrophic damage in eight states.&nbsp;Hurricane Helene first made landfall 10 miles from Perry, Florida as a category four with winds of 140 mph.&nbsp;Cedar Key, Florida witnessed its highest storm surge on record, rising to at least ten feet.&nbsp;Helene’s fast movement spread hurricane force winds and tropical moisture north.&nbsp;Atlanta experienced its first ever flash flood emergency. The first of many in the southeast as southern Appalachia recorded nearly three feet of rain.&nbsp;Most of the mountain communities in western North Carolina were cut off.&nbsp; Floods swept away entire communities, closed over 400 roads, and led to countless landslides.&nbsp;Less than two weeks later, battered and bruised, residents of Florida watched as Milton became a tropical storm in the Gulf of Mexico.&nbsp;Milton not only rapidly intensified, it dramatically escalated into a category 5. Its central pressure dropping to a near record low.&nbsp;As Milton's outer bands started to come ashore, a tornado outbreak tore through Florida.&nbsp;Hurricane Milton then made landfall October 9th as a category three near Siesta Key, Florida with winds of 120 mph.&nbsp;Tropicana Field was supposed to house first responders and power crews. That changed when its roof was ripped to shreds.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2024/11/Screenshot 2024-11-26 134008-1732654774617.png">As we look back on the 2024 season, we remember the lives lost and those who have lost everything.&nbsp;

Looking Back: The 2024 Atlantic Hurricane Season

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<h1>The Camp Fire</h1>
More than 17,000 structures have been destroyed making the Camp Fire the most destructive wildfire in state history.

As of Wednesday morning, officials reported the fire has torched 152,250 acres, but the containment has increased to 75%.

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The Camp Fire began on the morning of November 8, 2018. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

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Containment Increasing for California Wildfires

The Camp Fire

Another Shot of Cold Air for the Southeast

North Carolina and Tennessee saw a snowy star

Clipper Reignites Lake-Effect Snow Across the Great Lakes

Hopefully, those in the northeast haven't had

Heavy Rain for the Gulf Coast This Weekend

The 3-7 day hazards outlook has the Gulf Coas

The First Snow in Almost 3 Years Fell in North Carolina!

It's been a while since it snowed in parts of

Snow Slowing Down in the Northeast Tuesday

A Lake Effect Snow event that started on Than

Arctic Air Impacts Millions from the Midwest to the Eastern Seaboard

Well, no better way to ring in Meteorological

Looking Back: The 2024 Atlantic Hurricane Season

The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season left a mar