Nicole Phillips

Kansas City

Meteorologist at WRBL-TV (Columbus, GA)

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A plume of Saharan dust will move toward the Southeast this week

1 week ago | wrbl.com | Nicole Phillips

COLUMBUS, GA (WRBL) — A plume of Saharan dust will move toward the southeastern U.S this week and next week. States across the Southeast will notice a little more haze in the atmosphere but the overall concentration of dust will be fairly low. We won’t notice much of a difference except for vivid sunrises and sunsets along with hazy sunshine during the afternoon.
A plume of Saharan dust will move toward the Southeast this week

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Nicole Phillips

COLUMBUS, GA (WRBL) — A plume of Saharan dust will move toward the southeastern U.S this week and next week. States across the Southeast will notice a little more haze in the atmosphere but the overall concentration of dust will be fairly low. We won’t notice much of a difference except for vivid sunrises and sunsets along with hazy sunshine during the afternoon.
Unsettled this week with multiple rounds of rain and storms

1 week ago | wrbl.com | Nicole Phillips

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL)- Tracking a line of rain and storms this morning capable of producing heavy rain, winds up to 50 mph and frequent lightning, storms should exit the area by mid-morning. Get ready for an unsettled week with rain and storms in the forecast, we’ll likely see multiple rounds each day with a round of storms in the morning and one in the evening.
Unsettled this week with multiple rounds of rain and storms

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Nicole Phillips

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL)- Tracking a line of rain and storms this morning capable of producing heavy rain, winds up to 50 mph and frequent lightning, storms should exit the area by mid-morning. Get ready for an unsettled week with rain and storms in the forecast, we’ll likely see multiple rounds each day with a round of storms in the morning and one in the evening.
NOAA predicts 'above average' hurricane season in new hurricane season outlook

2 weeks ago | wrbl.com | Nicole Phillips

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — NOAA has released their 2025 Atlantic hurricane season outlook and predicts an above average season with 13-19 named storms. Of those storms, 6-10 are expected to become hurricanes and 3-5 expected to become major hurricanes which is a category 3 or above.
Decreasing clouds and warm for Wednesday

2 weeks ago | wrbl.com | Nicole Phillips

by: Nicole Phillips Posted: May 21, 2025 / 06:08 AM EDT Updated: May 21, 2025 / 12:26 PM EDT COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — The cold front responsible for the rain and storms this morning will continue to track east through the area and push any left over moisture to the southeast, high temperatures will still reach the upper 80s for the afternoon.
Weather Aware: Rain and storms to impact AM commute

2 weeks ago | wrbl.com | Nicole Phillips

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL)-We are weather aware this morning as scattered showers and thunderstorms will impact the morning commute. A few storms this morning may briefly become strong to severe with damaging winds and hail as the primary threat, the tornado risk remains low but not at zero and will need to be watched closely this morning. Storms should begin to exit the area by the 8-9 AM time frame, then clouds will begin to decrease.
Rain and storms remain in the forecast for Sunday

2 weeks ago | wrbl.com | Nicole Phillips

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL)-We will wrap up Saturday with a few isolated showers and storms, these will be below severe limits but heavy rain and brief gust of wind will be possible. We’ll do it all over again on Sunday with the chance for showers and storms in the morning, a few of these storms may also linger into the early afternoon. Storms may briefly become strong or severe with heavy rain, frequent lightning, strong winds and large hail.
National Weather Service plans to improve heat warnings by simplifying them

3 weeks ago | wrbl.com | Nicole Phillips

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — The National Weather Service will change the naming of its heat-related products for the 2025 summer season. Heat related products such as Excessive heat watch and warning will now be replaced with Extreme heat watch and warning, Heat Advisory will remain the same. The name change is apart of the Hazard Simplification Project aimed to reduce the amount of watches, warnings and advisory but also to simplify them.
May Outlook: Above average temperatures with equal chances for rain

1 month ago | wrbl.com | Nicole Phillips

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) —As we wrap up the month of April, we can now start looking forward to May and it looks like the same warm pattern that we have had the last several weeks will continue into the new month. According to NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center, temperatures across Alabama and Georgia will most likely run a few degrees above average for May 2025.