Juliana Mejia, Author at WINK News

Juliana Mejia joined the WINK News team as a Bilingual Meteorologist in June of 2022. She grew up in the Chicagoland area and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Meteorology from the University of Oklahoma.

While still in college, during the summer leading into her senior year, she worked part-time as an on-air meteorologist for KCCI Des Moines, IA.

For her senior capstone research project, she and her collaborators studied the psychological attunement and understanding of extreme weather of the Hispanic/Latinx communities in the United States. They successfully expanded the scope of their research beyond the class project, obtaining two significant research grants to conduct paid surveys of over 1000 Spanish speakers nationwide. This research is her passion project as it is the crossroads of her personal and professional goals of improving weather communication for one of the fastest-growing populations in the country.

Their research was accepted for presentation at the American Meteorological Society (AMS) 49th Conference on Broadcast Meteorology/Sixth Conference on Weather Warnings and Communication in June of 2022.

Being one of the few minority students in her class in the School of Meteorology, Juliana hopes to inspire young students and see more minorities in STEM and meteorology in the future.

Her other interests include staying active by working out, spending time outdoors, rock-climbing, singing, playing ukulele or piano, reading, watercolor painting, and traveling!

Articles by Juliana Mejia

Isolated storms, more near-record heat Thursday

Isolated storms are expected to develop as early as the mid-afternoon but primarily through the evening hours into Thursday night along the I-75 corridor and coastal areas.

Isolated storms, near-record heat Wednesday afternoon

Isolated storms are primarily expected for inland areas Wednesday, beginning in the late afternoon and lasting until tonight.

Hot Tuesday afternoon with greater humidity

Tuesday afternoon high temperatures will continue in the lower 90s for most of Southwest Florida.

Mostly sunny conditions lead to another hot Monday afternoon

High temperatures will soar into the lower 90s once again Monday afternoon as conditions remain mainly clear and dry.

Hot Friday with chances for stray showers inland

Most of Southwest Florida will stay dry this afternoon and mainly high-level clouds will allow temperatures to warm up to the lower 90s.

Sunny skies, lower humidity prompt high fire risk for SWFL

Due to low humidity and the fact that much of Southwest Florida is still experiencing severe drought, nearly all of our counties have active burn bans Thursday, with the exception of Charlotte County.

Humid start to breezy Wednesday before drier air returns

Another quiet day with no rain is ahead for Wednesday afternoon. Ahead of an incoming, weak frontal boundary, humidity will be higher in the morning before dropping during the day and returning to drier-than-usual conditions.

Mostly sunny Tuesday afternoon with lower humidity

Another quiet day for Southwest Florida with highs in the upper 80s and lower humidity keeping things comfortable. Skies will be mostly clear to start the day. High-level cloud cover will increase slightly by the afternoon and persist into the evening.

Fort Myers weather forecast: Mostly sunny skies, lower humidity on Monday

After a wet and active week, Monday begins a much calmer and drier stretch for the workweek. Drier air behind Sunday’s frontal passage will keep things comfortable all day long with dew points in the upper 50s and lower 60s.