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Juliana Mejia

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

Wet Wednesday afternoon with scattered storms

Expect areas of on-and-off rain through most of Wednesday morning before stronger scattered storms develop in the early afternoon and track across the majority of Southwest Florida into the later evening hours.

Isolated storms and breezy for Easter Sunday forecast

High temperatures today will be slightly more mild than last week’s stretch of the 90s with temperatures only climbing into the mid-to-upper 80s this afternoon for most of Southwest Florida. Spotty rain will likely begin in the late morning hours before developing into isolated storms in the early afternoon and continuing into the evening. Rain […]

More record heat, some coastal showers on Thursday

High temperatures soar back into the lower-to-mid 90s again Thursday afternoon. Areas like Fort Myers are expected to break the daily high-temperature record for the third day in a row with a high of 94 degrees.

Wednesday afternoon brings more record heat

High temperatures will reach the upper 80s and mid-90s under partly cloudy skies. Areas like Fort Myers are expected to break records yet again, with a high temperature of 94 degrees. The previous record stands at 91 degrees, last felt in 2022.

Few showers, record heat possible Tuesday afternoon

Tuesday’s high temperatures will hold out in the lower 90s for most and the upper 80s for some. The record of 90 degrees in Fort Myers was last seen in 2022 and will likely be broken Tuesday afternoon.

Hot Sunday with a chance for a stray shower inland

A hot afternoon is in store with highs in the upper 80s for a few areas and the lower 90s for most of our area. The second half of your Sunday includes a chance for spotty showers for inland areas throughout the late afternoon into this evening. Red Tide concentrations remain Very Low and Low […]

Mostly sunny, pleasant Sunday

Skies will be mainly clear all day long and high temperatures will climb into the lower-to-upper 80s, yet again. As dry conditions persist for most of Southwest Florida, burn bans are active for Lee, Collier and Hendry counties until further notice. Boaters can expect southwest winds between 5 to 15 miles per hour, gusting near […]

Warm Saturday with chance for a stray shower

Highs will climb back into the lower-to-upper 80s Saturday afternoon with a breeze. Winds generally range between 10 to 20 miles per hour throughout the day. Low-end rain chances for the morning hours, and by the afternoon, most of Southwest Florida will remain dry with a chance to see a spot shower, mainly inland. Red […]