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Nash Rhodes

Nash Rhodes was born and raised in Nashville, Tennessee, and recently completed degrees in Meteorology, Journalism, and Business at The University of Oklahoma in 2021. Having had one of the few tornado shelters in the neighborhood, his family hosted many severe weather get-togethers, which led to Nash’s early interest in storms.

While in college, he earned his Certificate of Intelligence Studies for his research in communication through the analysis of meteorological intelligence. His research has been presented at the 6th Annual Intelligence and National Security Symposium at OU and conferences through the American Meteorology Society. Through this research, he discovered unique ways to utilize social media location services in conjunction with radar products to obtain visual confirmation of breaking severe weather events. This led to an internship with the CNN World Weather team where his radar explainers and many of his cleared severe weather videos would be used on CNN, CNN International, and HLN.

Along the way, Rhodes would partner with Radarscope for four years to create Doppler radar explainer videos for severe weather events. His videos have garnered millions of impressions and aided in bridging the gap between meteorologists and the public during severe weather events.

Nash worked part-time at WNKY-TV in Bowling Green, Kentucky, and received the National Weather Association's only 2021 Broadcast Meteorology Scholarship for his work in the field. He joined the WINK Weather Team in June and is excited to provide Southwest Floridians with an accurate forecast each morning to plan out their day.

Articles by Nash Rhodes

Drier air in the forecast following next week’s cold front

Happy hump day, Southwest Florida! Our high temperatures will be slightly cooler in comparison to Tuesday. Scattered rain chances will begin around lunchtime and continue into the early overnight hours. Lightning, gusty winds, and isolated flooding will be possible with these showers and thunderstorms. Our active weather pattern will persist through the weekend. We have […]

2 tropical storms, 2 disturbances pack the Atlantic

Happy Tuesday, Southwest Florida! High temperatures will climb into the upper 90s with a few communities only reaching the upper 80s. Rain chances will be slim and refined to the coastline until lunchtime. Expect scattered storms to form around then and increase in strength into the evening. The strongest of those storms will likely form […]

Scattered showers, storms after dry start to Monday

Happy Monday, Southwest Florida. Highs will climb to the upper 80s and lower 90s this afternoon. After a mostly dry start, showers and thunderstorms will begin forming around lunchtime. These rain chances will become scattered into the evening. The lowest opportunity to see rain will be on Wednesday. Scattered chances return to end the week. […]

Still tracking three tropical disturbances in the Atlantic

We’ve made it to Friday, Southwest Florida! Highs will struggle to climb out of the 80s in the afternoon. On and off rain chances will begin around breakfast and persist throughout the day. Expect similar rain chances to Thursday. Stronger storms will begin to form in the late afternoon. Scattered rain chances will continue through […]

Higher rain chances Thursday morning, Tropical Storm Odette forms

Happy Thursday, Southwest Florida! Rain chances will begin earlier than on Wednesday. This will keep most of us in the 80s for high temperatures. Spotty showers will be possible along the coastline before lunchtime. Those rain chances will increase and move inland into the evening. Daily scattered showers and thunderstorms will stick with us into […]

Nicholas now a tropical storm; SWFL to see afternoon showers, above-average highs

Happy Tuesday, Southwest Florida! Highs will continue to hover above average. After beginning with partly cloudy skies, cloud cover will increase as the day goes on. Scattered showers and thunderstorms will begin intensify. Our interior counties will receive those rain chances first and the storms will eventually move westward. Eventually, those chances will drop to […]

Tropical Storm Nicholas forecast to make landfall in Texas tonight

Happy Monday, Southwest Florida! We’ll begin the week with above-average temperatures. Even with our rain chances, highs will climb into the 90s during peak heating. Rain chances will begin around lunchtime and stick with us into the evening hours. We have two disturbances and a named storm in the Atlantic. The two disturbances pose no […]

Scattered rain chances return this afternoon

Happy Friday, Southwest Florida! Tomorrow morning very mild, temperatures will be in the middle to upper 70’s with a few coastal showers and patchy fog inland. High temperatures in the 90’s with spotty storms return. More chances for some scattered storms inland. Rain chances will be on the slim side to begin the weekend. Scattered […]

Tropical Depression Mindy leaves the United States

Good Thursday morning, Southwest Florida. Hot and humid weather is in the forecast. Expect highs to be a pinch warmer than on Wednesday. Our winds will also be gusty at times out of the Southwest and West. Triple-digit heat returns to Thursday’s heat index. Rain chances will be on the low side today. Isolated showers […]