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.

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 […]

Tropical Storm Mindy makes landfall in Panhandle

Happy hump day, Southwest Florida! Highs climb back into the 90s. Wind speeds will occasionally gust to 15 mph. Our feels like temperatures will also return to the triple digits in most communities. A few stray showers are possible in the morning. Around lunchtime, expect storms to form near the coastline. These will increase in […]

Hurricane Larry forms in the Mid-Atlantic

Happy Thursday, Southwest Florida! Highs will climb into the 90s. Cloud cover will increase into the afternoon ahead of increasing rain chances. Isolated morning showers will become scattered by lunchtime. Expect rain and thunderstorms to continue into the evening before falling apart after dark. A stalled front to our north will provide increased humidity and […]

Tropical Storm Larry has formed in the Atlantic

Good morning, Southwest Florida. We’ve made it to the start of September! Temperatures will be back in the low 90s. Expect hazy skies thanks to a large plume of Saharan dust that is situated over our heads. There will still be enough humidity to raise our heat index values into the 100s during peak heating. […]

High chance of a new tropical depression or storm forming in the Atlantic today

Happy Tuesday morning, Southwest Florida! Our run of 90 degree high temperatures continues today. Winds will be out of the west and northwest at five-to-fifteen miles per hour. The humidity will still propel most of our “feels like” temperatures into the triple-digits. Isolated showers and storms will form along the coastline around lunchtime. The amount […]

Ida makes landfall in Louisiana as a major hurricane, Julian forms

Good Sunday morning, Southwest Florida! Highs will reach the low 90s under increasing cloud cover. “Feels like” temperatures will climb into the triple-digits when you factor in the humidity we continue to see. A few isolated showers and thunderstorms are possible after breakfast. These storms will become scattered after lunchtime. Our rainy season weather pattern […]

Ida forecast to make landfall as Category 4 hurricane in Louisiana

Happy Friday, Southwest Florida! Expect highs to reach the 90s again with breezy winds at times. There will be a few breaks in the clouds that will fuel triple-digit heat index values during peak heating. A few isolated showers will form around sunrise. Afterward, partly cloudy skies will make way to scattered thunderstorms after lunchtime. […]

Tropical Storm Ida has formed in the Caribbean

Happy Thursday, Southwest Florida! Our high temperatures will be slightly cooler than Wednesday. Highs will reach the low 90s, with breezy winds at times. Most of us will experience triple-digit “feels like” temperatures during peak heating. Spotty rain showers will persist until lunchtime. Expect a few thunderstorms to form in the mid-afternoon. Those storms will […]

Another day of hazy skies and lower rain chances

Happy hump day, Southwest Florida! Our run of above-average high temperatures continues. Highs will reach the mid-90s under hazy skies. The air will be unseasonably dry, dropping our “feels like” temperatures into the upper 90s in some spots. Rain chances will be isolated and most of us will stay dry. Expect slightly lower rain chances […]

Tracking three tropical disturbances in the Atlantic

Happy Tuesday, Southwest Florida! Expect a very similar forecast as Monday. Highs will return to the mid-to-lower-90s with wind speeds between five and fifteen miles per hour. During peak heating, expect our heat index to climb into the 100s! Rain chances will be much lower. Only isolated showers and thunderstorms could potentially impact your plans. […]