Meteorologist Jesse Kelley is excited to join the talented staff at Weather Nation. Jesse spent most of his childhood in Birmingham, Alabama. The state of Alabama is prone to seeing various types of weather from severe thunderstorms, tornadoes, hurricanes, and winter weather. For college, Jesse attended the University of South Alabama where he received his degree in Broadcast Meteorology along with minors in Math and Geography. From Alabama, Jesse started his broadcast television working three years at KAVU-TV in Victoria. Recently, he finished a stint in Shreveport, LA. Jesse and his wife are looking forward to making the Rocky Mountains and Colorado home. If you would like to follow me, you can follow me on Twitter @JesseKelleywx and on Facebook at Meteorologist Jesse Kelley.

Jesse Kelley

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An upper-level low across the Southwest US is overspreading strong winds aloft across the central states. As this simultaneously occurs with growing instability at the surface, severe thunderstorms will be possible over the next few days. This evening, eastern Nebraska and western Iowa have been hit very hard with strong tornadoes, destructive winds, and destructive hail.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/04/1-1744943912813.png"><video src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/04/New Baron Video 3-1744944013196.mp4" controls="true" width="100%"></video><h1>OVERNIGHT</h1>Throughout the rest of the evening, we are following a couple of supercells now moving across Iowa! Despite losing the afternoon heating, the remaining storms could remain severe, producing hail, wind, and a tornado threat. A Tornado Watch remains in effect for parts of Iowa until midnight. It is very important to receive weather alerts in case more warnings are issued.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/04/1-1744944237849.png">Check out WeatherNationTV for your latest updates on the severe weather.

Dave Holder

Severe Chances Remain Across Iowa Overnight

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Brittany Lockley

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​A classic late-season April snowstorm is impacting the Rocky Mountains, bringing heavy snowfall to Utah, Wyoming, Idaho, Montana, and Colorado. Winter weather alerts have been issued, with some areas expecting over a foot of snow accumulation. Not only is the storm expected to bring heavy snowfall, but high winds will be possible, prompting Red Flag Warnings across much of New Mexico, as an area of low pressure swiftly dives down to the south.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/04/Screenshot 2025-04-17 204019-1744944041707.png"><h1>Timing</h1>Snow will wind down across Wyoming overnight, progressively moving to the south through early Friday morning. By daybreak Friday, temperatures will be dropping across Colorado, and there will be a few flurries to start the day. Friday evening, snow will continue to fall across Colorado and Utah. By Saturday afternoon, this system will move into the plains, stirring up the severe weather threat, along with lingering snow across the High Plains. Maximum snowfall timeline:<ul><li>Utah: Through Friday, Monday</li><li>Colorado: Friday - Saturday</li><li>Wyoming: Through Friday AM, Monday - Tuesday</li><li>New Mexico: Friday - Saturday</li></ul><video src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/04/4cornsnow-1744944360160.mp4" controls="true" width="100%"></video><h1>Snowfall</h1>Through Saturday, the heaviest of the snow accumulation appears likely across the higher elevations.Utah's Wasatch: 6-12 inches.Wyoming's Tetons: 6-9 inches.Colorado's Mountains: 6-15 inches.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/04/Screenshot 2025-04-17 204804-1744944494992.png"><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/04/Screenshot 2025-04-17 204825-1744944511996.png">Temperatures are swinging drastically with this system, as Denver is going from the mid-70s on Thursday afternoon to the 30s within a 24-hour time span!<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/04/Screenshot 2025-04-17 080338-1744898633892.png">Although the snow is late-season, it is roughly average for Denver to see its last snow around this time.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/04/Screenshot 2025-04-17 080412-1744898660180.png">Will this be the last snow? Stay with WeatherNation for the latest.

Heavy Spring Snow for the Rockies

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WeatherNation Meteorologists

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Fire season has started early for the Southwest and will remain active through June, or until the monsoon season brings relief. It has been abnormally dry so far. Unfortunately, this means that anytime the slightest breeze kicks up, the fire threat will accompany it. It has been so incredibly dry that until meaningful rain moves in, this will likely be the case. At least a .10" is enough to help the dry fuels at the surface but even that doesn't look like that will come anytime soon.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/04/Screenshot 2025-04-16 174426-1744847073539.png">Wildfire Ingredients:<ul><li>Warmer than normal temps</li><li>Dry fuels</li><li>Wind</li><li>Low relative humidity levels</li></ul><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/04/1-1744944340408.png">Fire weather alerts will continue for parts of New Mexico and West Texas on Friday.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/04/1-1744944394748.png">As always, do anything and everything to prevent a spark or a flame!<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/04/Screenshot 2025-04-15 073201-1744723930002.jpg"> More on your top weather headlines and regional forecasts can be found throughout the hour on WeatherNation. Download the app for the latest live coverage.

Dry Southwest Keeps Critical Fire Conditions in the Forecast

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Kevin Schneider

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The chance for severe thunderstorms will remain as we wrap up the week and head through the weekend. For Friday, the Storm Prediction Center (SPC) has a SLIGHT risk (level 2 out of 5) for severe storms. It is a large area, from the Rio Grande to the UP of Michigan!<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/04/1-1744929508527.png">A lot of fun activities are taking place this weekend! Unfortunately, these events might be interrupted by a multi-day severe weather outbreak affecting portions of the Midwest and Southern Plains. Friday, Saturday, and Sunday all pose a threat of strong and severe storms.The setup is somewhat reminiscent of the beginning of the month. A stubborn trough will keep many locations primed for daily severe weather chances. Details this far out are about as clear as mud, with each round somewhat dependent on the previous round.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/04/1-1744929650965.png">Related article: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.weathernationtv.com/news/severe-chances-return-wednesday-and-thursday">Wednesday &amp; Thursday Severe Threat</a>Along with the severe threat, flash flooding could be an issues in some of the areas from Oklahoma into the Ohio Valley. Over the next few days, some cities along the Interstate 44 corridor could receive between 3-6" of rain. On Saturday, a moderate risk of flooding has been issued along with a Flood Watch for these areas through Sunday!<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/04/1-1744929884619.png"><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/04/1-1744929923974.png">With multiple rounds of storms, multiple inches of rainfall will become a growing threat. Remember, the rivers have still not gotten all of the water downstream from the rain earlier this month.

A Severe Thunderstorms Threat Ramps up for the Weekend

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Tracey Anthony

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Two upper level lows have brought a shot of cold air across the Northeast. Temperatures Wednesday AM were chilling for Illinois and Indiana. These chilly temperatures are going to continue to spread east. The mid-Atlantic will wake up to temperatures around 32° and or frost developing outside. This can be harmful to plants that have been planted especially since it has been a few weeks with warmer overnight temperatures. <img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/04/Web 19-1744803212343.png">There are a few winter weather advisories that continue into Wednesday for a quick inch or two of snow and wind gusts upwards of 35 mph.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/04/Winter Temps-1744803224940.png">The Northeast will spend the rest of the week digging out of this cool pocket and warming back up to seasonable levels and beyond. Cleveland will be 15° above average by Friday afternoon with a high of 75°. <img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/04/Web 20-1744803390500.png">Check out WeatherNationTV live for more details: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.weathernationtv.com/watch-us">Watch WeatherNationTV</a>

Cold Push for the Northeast

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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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A 5.2M earthquake was detected Monday morning around 10 a.m. in Southern California. The location was a few miles south of Julian, CA.<div class="twitter-tweet" style="display: flex; justify-content: center" data-twitt-post-id="1911831683848081757" src="https://x.com/USGS_ShakeAlert/status/1911831683848081757"></div>Even the kitties didn't know how to react Monday:<div class="twitter-tweet" style="display: flex; justify-content: center" data-twitt-post-id="1911872085179466221" src="https://x.com/WeatherNation/status/1911872085179466221"></div>

Earthquake in Southern California Monday Morning

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A surge of unseasonable heat is sweeping across the west, with&nbsp;record-breaking temperatures&nbsp;in the forecast continuing through&nbsp;the weekend. A&nbsp;strong ridge of high pressure&nbsp;will settle over the region and dominate, trapping warm air and sending temperatures soaring 10-20° above average. More records fell for areas of the Southwest on Saturday, but at least Phoenix and Tucson's high wasn't 100°!On Sunday, the record-breaking heat shifts into parts of Texas and New Mexico as the upper-level ridge builds east.<img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/04/1-1744510957990.png"><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/04/2-1744510997969.png"><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/04/Day1SVR-1744495750168.png"><img src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2025/04/1-1744511057773.png">Get ready for a warm few days ahead—and maybe a few surprise electric bills, too, the long-range forecast maintains higher confidence in temperatures remaining above average for some spots in Texas and Louisiana. More on your Western Regional Forecast can always be found :10 past the hour on WeatherNation.

Jackie Brown

Spring Heat Wave: More Record Highs to Fall Today

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Snow. Something Erie, PA is probably tired of talking about this season. In fact, the city is on pace for the record snowiest season on record.

So far this winter season, the city has received 136.5" of snowfall...an incredible 88" more than a normal year.

The city was clobbered with more than 60" of snow in a single lake effect snow event in December, <a href="https://media.weathernationtv.com/news/erie-snow-emergency/">prompting a state of emergency for the city</a>. December, by far, was the big player in the seasonal snow, with nearly 121" in that month alone!

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With potentially a few more months to go before warmer weather arrives for good, the city could be in for it's snowiest year on record.

The snowiest season occurred in the 2000-2001 season, when 149.1" of snow fell in the city (<a href="https://www.weather.gov/cle/Top10Annual">according to date from the National Weather Service</a>).

With less than 13" to go, we'll be watching the record books closely through the rest of the season for you, Erie.

<img class="size-large wp-image-86202" src="https://media.weathernationtv.com/app/uploads/2018/01/ERIE1-728x408.jpg" alt="" width="728" height="408" /> Erie PA snow from December 2017.

Erie, PA on pace for snowiest season

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The chance for severe thunderstorms will rema

Cold Push for the Northeast

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Earthquake in Southern California Monday Morning

A 5.2M earthquake was detected Monday morning

Spring Heat Wave: More Record Highs to Fall Today

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A classic late-season April snowstorm is imp