Nicholas Ferreri

Chief Meteorologist at WANE-TV (Fort Wayne, IN)

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Italian food talk for Mother’s Day

4 weeks ago | wane.com | Nicholas Ferreri

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – When Italian families immigrated to the United States in large numbers in the 1900s, the women brought with them the recipes for their favorite traditional dishes. Some of the dishes changed, based on what ingredients were more readily available here in the United States. The Italian-American cuisine these women invented, includes dishes like lasagna, minestrone soup, and penne alla vodka.
Three tornadoes confirmed across northeast Indiana and northwest Ohio from April 2 storms

2 months ago | wane.com | Nicholas Ferreri |Rose Lane

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – National Weather Service Northern Indiana storm survey teams analyzed storm damage Thursday after our Wednesday severe storms. Their analysis confirms 3 tornadoes moved across northeast Indiana and northwest Ohio. Here are the excerpts from their report: Tornado #1:Wednesday’s first tornado in northeast Indiana moved from Marshall County into Kosciusko County. A survey of damage revealed a tornado touched down southeast ofRutland on SR-10 and tracked quickly northeast.
PHOTOS: Hail from Thursday t-storms

Feb 27, 2025 | wane.com | Nicholas Ferreri

Wide view of storms approaching Ossian. Taken by WANE Meteorologist Lance Huffman by: Nicholas Ferreri Posted: Feb 27, 2025 / 07:48 PM EST Updated: Feb 27, 2025 / 07:48 PM EST Hail in Berne from Ross and Linda BuschmanHail on a SW Fort Wayne deck.
15 Fury Alert Day: Bitterly cold air on the way

Feb 13, 2025 | wane.com | Greg Shoup |Nicholas Ferreri

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – An artic blast will take temperatures down into the single digits by Monday with bitterly cold wind chill values. Another weather system will bring freezing rain and snow overnight Friday into early Saturday and arctic air will arrive late Sunday. Another 15 Fury Alert Day has been issued for Monday check the latest forecast updates 24-7 here.
15 Fury Alert Days issued for ice potential

Feb 4, 2025 | wane.com | Nicholas Ferreri

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – Freezing rain, with the potential of significant ice occurring, is in the forecast Wednesday night and Thursday morning. This is the reason 15 Fury Alert Days have been issued. Ice accumulation will make roads difficult to navigate starting Wednesday night, after 9 pm, and continuing into early Thursday morning until temperatures rise above freezing by midday Thursday.
Nicholas Ferreri tells kids, “How to Catch a Groundhog”

Feb 2, 2025 | wane.com | Nicholas Ferreri

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – While the groundhog is often not the best friend of skilled and trained meteorologists, like those on the Live Doppler 15 Fury Storm Team, WANE 15 Chief Meteorologist Nicholas Ferreri has called a truce this year and is ready to have some Groundhog Day fun. Sourcebooks, Inc. has released the latest book in the “How to Catch A…” series and, this time around, it’s “How to Catch a Groundhog”.
15 Fury Alert Days issued for extreme cold

Jan 16, 2025 | wane.com | Nicholas Ferreri

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – With an incoming blast of cold air, Monday and Tuesday, January 20 and 21, will be 15 Fury Alert Days. The cold air starts to arrive over the weekend with temps falling through the day both on Saturday and Sunday. However, air temperatures will not reach below zero until late Sunday night/early Monday morning. Wind chills in the Monday and Tuesday time frame will be below zero all day with values ranging from -10° to -20°.
Early December snow totals

Dec 6, 2024 | wane.com | Nicholas Ferreri

FORT WAYNE, Ind. – The final measurements from this week’s early December winter blast are in. Due to the scattered nature of lake effect snow, some spots received higher totals than others. The snow fell from Wednesday night and kept going, at times, through late night Thursday (early Friday AM). As expected, the highest amounts fell to the north/northwest of Fort Wayne. In northeast Indiana, the highest total of 4.0″ came from Brushy Prairie in LaGrange County.
Fall 2024 ranks among top warmest and driest in Fort Wayne history

Dec 2, 2024 | wane.com | Nicholas Ferreri

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – This year’s fall season ranked as the 3rd warmest and 4th driest of all the fall seasons on record, dating back to 1897. According to the data and analysis, released by the National Weather Service Northern Indiana Forecast Office, the highest temperature of fall 2024 was 92°back on September 21 with the lowest being 15° on November 30 – making an impressive 77° span over the course of the season. More than 70° separated the fall season’s highest temp and lowest temp.
Very cold air arrives after Thanksgiving

Nov 26, 2024 | newsnationnow.com | Nicholas Ferreri

High temperatures today were much different than yesterday’s highs around 60°. Highs reached only the low 40s, much closer to seasonal averages. For the evening, we’re experiencing temperatures falling out of the 40s and into the 30s. By morning, we’ll be as low as the low 30s. Our next weather system is moving in tonight and our sky becomes cloudy, again. Tomorrow starts off precipitation-free, but rain will be headed in to some spots by the afternoon and evening.