Megan Parry

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Name: Megan Parry
Date registered: June 1, 2012

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Megan Parry joined the KDRV NewsWatch12 team in April of 2012 after graduating with a Master's Degree in Broadcast Meteorology from Mississippi State University. While earning her degree she worked as a weekend meteorologist at an ABC station in Meridian, MS Megan is from San Diego, California and earned her Bachelors of Science degree in Earth and Environmental Science from the University of California at Irvine. During her studies she had an internship at KABC in Los Angeles, WTVA in Tupelo, MS and just months after the tornado outbreak on April 27th interned in the heart of the damaged city of Tuscaloosa, AL. After earning her B.S. She worked as an environmental scientist for the California Environmental Protection Agency before deciding to return to school to follow her passion of weather. While at Mississippi State University she was able to storm chase during the school year as well as during the spring in the Great Plains. She witnessed first hand the destruction of the Joplin, MO tornado just minutes after it hit the city. Megan has had a love for weather since she was a child and picking up her life to move across the country to Mississippi to pursue her career goals was the best decision. Her short time in the South gave her a great appreciation for the power of weather, experiencing everything from tornadoes to hurricanes. She is happy to be back on the West coast and finds forecasting for micro-climates enjoyable and challenging in a whole new way.

Latest posts

  1. A Showery Holiday Weekend — May 24, 2013
  2. Dan’s Ask the Meteorologist — May 23, 2013
  3. Sun Mixed With Sunshine — May 23, 2013
  4. Cool & Wet Weather Continues — May 22, 2013
  5. Drastic Change In The Weather — May 21, 2013

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Frost Tonight Then Back to Warm Weather

Today will be coolest day we’ve seen in the last week and tonight a strong inversion will develop leading to the coldest night we’ve seen in over a week for the west side valleys. The cold night on tap has lead the NWS to issue a Freeze Watch for early tomorrow morning for all of … Continue reading »

Cooler Start to the Work Week

A cold front will dip south this morning bringing a chance for light showers for our northern reaches including Douglas and Coos county, mainly north of the Umpqua Divide.  This front will mainly bring more clouds to areas farther south and breezy to gusty winds. Along and east of the Cascades will be the windiest … Continue reading »

A Bit Cooler Weekend On Tap

High pressure will continue to bring abundant sunshine to inland areas today and the warmest days of the year so far! At the coast we’ll continue to see onshore flow meaning marine layer stratus again today, with some afternoon sunshine but cool temperatures. A cold front passing this weekend will bring breezy conditions late tomorrow  … Continue reading »

Change At The Coast, Still Warm Inland

High pressure has shifted inland and thus so has the thermal trough which has ended the Chetco Effect in Brookings and is allowing the marine layer stratus to start to move up the coast. The coast will see a big change today with more fog and clouds, less sun and thus cooler temperatures. For inland … Continue reading »

Another Sunny & Warm Day

A weak disturbance passing through the east side today will hold the high pressure offshore which means the Chetco Effect will still be in full-swing today warming Brookings back into the 80s today! For areas on the west side expect to see temperatures right around where we were yesterday just maybe a few degrees warmer. … Continue reading »

Feeling Like Early Summer

High pressure offshore coupled with a thermal trough over California will continue to bring warm and sunny conditions across the region today. This also will continue the Chetco Effect at the coast, so Brookings will be around 80 degrees again this afternoon. The thermal trough will shift inland tomorrow and that means the warm air … Continue reading »

Cool Mornings w/ Warm & Sunny Afternoons

High pressure will be the main weather pattern for the week providing a blocking pattern so storms will stay north of our region all week. We’ll see abundant sunshine through the week with quick warm ups during the day and temperatures will drop just as quickly in the overnight hours. A Frost Advisory has been … Continue reading »

April Showers & Meteor Showers!

A warm front this afternoon will bring a few more clouds to the area and a chance for showers at the higher elevations, but with high pressure still present temperatures will be even warmer than yesterday! Tomorrow the cold front associated with the warm front today will bring showers to the area, I think most … Continue reading »

Warmer Weather Ahead!

After a chilly and frosty start to the day we’ll see the return of some sunshine today and temperatures will warm quickly back to more seasonable temperatures for the beginning of Spring. A storm system will pass to our north this afternoon and while we’ll stay dry we will have increasing clouds and winds today. … Continue reading »

Coldest Night of the Season Ahead

The clouds that stuck around overnight really helped areas in the valleys from not dipping to critical crop damage valleys, but some regions were close. High pressure will be building in tonight and that will act to clear out more clouds tonight and thus temperatures will drop to the coldest of the season so far. … Continue reading »

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