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Meteorologist Dan Smith
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Meteorologist and/or science guy for 13 Action News ( #Toledo, Ohio). 🇨🇦/🇺🇲 #WxSky #weather
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL FORECAST: A warm and breezy November Saturday for Big Ten football, then we skip to Tuesday for Falcons vs. Zips with a nip in the air. 🏈

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College football forecast: Sat 12pm (Mich @ Northwestern), 64F/breezy; Sat 7:30pm (OSU vs UCLA), 62F/breezy; Tue 7:30pm (BGSU vs Akron), 37F/few showers.
November 15, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Saturday's wind gusts will top out near 35 mph in Toledo by the early afternoon, shifting from SW to NW as the front passes in the evening.

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Toledo wind gusts (Saturday 11/15): up to 35 mph by early PM, southwest to northwest shift.
November 15, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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10-DAY: Not a record, but still a mild/breezy start to the weekend in Toledo. We'll go from SW to NW wind by Sunday, as temps drop and remain in the 40s through at least the midweek. Tuesday may carry a few wet flakes, with a more substantial system trying to get its act together by next Friday.
10-day forecast for Toledo, Ohio: mid-60s/windy Saturday, upper-40s/windy Sunday, 40F by Tuesday, back to mid-50s with possible rain entering next weekend.
November 15, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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Are you heading downtown tomorrow for The Blade Holiday Parade? While it'll be a mild one this year, a southwest wind will ramp up during the festivities. 💨🎄

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Blade Holiday Parade forecast (10am Sat, Toledo, OH): 58F at start time, SW wind ramping up, mostly cloudy.
November 14, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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10/10, no notes.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Join us in wishing I-TEAM reporter Shaun Hegarty a very happy birthday!

A series of other Shauns joined our editorial meeting to celebrate the occasion.
November 14, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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Circling the world over the last couple of nights, the aurora borealis put on quite a spectacular show in the sky of the northern hemisphere.
Details: This composite satellite imagery was made using the Day-Night Band from the JPSS weather satellites. It contains images that were taken between the thirty-hour period from 01:52 UTC on 2025-11-12 to 07:24 UTC on 2025-11-13.
November 14, 2025 at 5:02 AM
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A little southeast of our viewing area, but Christopher Wendell sent us an impressive aurora shot from Dalton (Wayne County, OH), complete with those vertical pillars.

#Ohio #aurora
Aurora over a farmer's field. Green glow near horizon, hot pink with vertical light streaks embedded above.
November 14, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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BUS STOP FORECAST: Making a run at the freezing mark again Thursday AM, rising to the upper-50s by the final bell.

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Bus stop forecast, Toledo OH (Thu 11/14): 32F off to school, 58F heading home, lots of sun throughout.
November 14, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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I'll admit, I was getting a little concerned by 9pm Wednesday night that we wouldn't get a good repeat performance in the sky... but that aurora certainly delivered again after all!

📸: Scott Baumea (Palmyra, MI)
An aurora event, with a green glow underneath a wide swath of hot pink.
November 14, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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FORECAST HIGHS: Highs rising to the mid-60s by Saturday in Toledo (record 70°), ahead of the next cold front bringing spotty showers and a quick drop back to the 40s.

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November 14, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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Randy Jacobs caught this gorgeous green glow over a barn in Elmore during Wednesday night's event!

#Ohio #aurora
The green glow of an aurora over a red barn.
November 13, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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*Bambi voice*

BURD!
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A "tail" as old as time? Just a little play on words for you on the Thursday afternoon.
This bird is just hanging out in the breeze on this sunny day. Picture is from our ProMedica Flower Hospital Sylvania Action Cam.
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November 13, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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Another shot from Oregon, Ohio, during Tuesday night's aurora... clouds took a while to clear along/east of I-75, though Mother Nature still put on quite a show late in the evening.

📸: Stephanie Brinkman
Bright red with faint green on the right, over a body of water, during an aurora event.
November 13, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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A very involved and fascinating area of study... my thanks to Drs. Tirrell and Agrawal at @uchicagopme.bsky.social for their expertise here.
November 13, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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Red glare over Old Glory during Tuesday night's aurora.

📸: Karl (Defiance, OH)

#Ohio #aurora
An American flag at full staff, with bright red surrounding the flagpole during an aurora event.
November 13, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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Shades of amaranth arced across the sky back on Tuesday evening. Tonight's display has mostly been a faint green low on the horizon, but still visible with clear skies across the region.

📸: Casey Moser (Haskins, OH, 10:05pm Tuesday)

#Ohio #aurora
A wide swath of red/pink from an aurora, over trees in silhouette below.
November 13, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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We really have been blessed with the Northern Lights this week, haven't we?

📸: Jodi Gebauer (Pemberville, OH, Tuesday 10pm hour)

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Bright pink/red, nearly a rectangle, dances over a long layer of green glow during aurora borealis.
November 13, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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Distinct vertical pillars from Tuesday evening's display over Lake Erie. (I can't emphasize enough how many wallpaper-worthy shots viewers have been sending in the last 36 hours.)

📸: Cassie Bihn (Oregon, OH)

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Vertical pillars of pink/red visible in front of the green glow of the aurora over a body of water, with some berms of land jutting out from left and right.
November 13, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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Shout-out to a 13 Action News viewer from Crawfordsville, Indiana (NW of Indianapolis) for sending this one in from Tuesday night's display over the Hoosier State!

#Indiana #aurora
A bright red vertical pillar of light above a green glow closer to the horizon during an aurora event, among trees in silhouette.
November 13, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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A lone tree stands sentinel over the field outside of McComb, OH, during Wednesday night's aurora event.

📸: Olivia B.

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A tree in the left foreground, with a moderately-lit green aurora low on the horizon.
November 13, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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TIMELAPSE: The @shoresandislands.bsky.social Marblehead Lighthouse camera caught the Northern Lights during the Wednesday 9pm hour!

#Ohio #LakeErie #aurora
November 13, 2025 at 3:55 AM
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Good flashes of color lining up above the horizon during Wednesday night's "sequel" show in the sky.

📸: Tiffany Brewster (Dundee, MI)

#Michigan #aurora
Green just above the horizon, and a line of red above that, during an aurora event.
November 13, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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TIMELAPSE: Once the clouds cleared during Tuesday night's aurora, Mark Tansey caught a spectacular view over Lake Erie (from Port Clinton)!

#Ohio #LakeErie #aurora
November 13, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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While we haven't seen anything as spectacular as Tuesday night's aurora yet, some NW Ohio/SE Michigan residents have seen a faint green glow starting on the horizon.

📸: Alexis

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A faint green glow of an aurora on a dark horizon.
November 13, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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10-DAY: Highs rising to the mid-60s in Toledo by Saturday, with a sharp correction back to average in the wake of that night's cold front (bringing a few scattered showers, <0.1" rain).

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10-day forecast for Toledo, Ohio: low-50s Thursday, mid-60s by Saturday (few showers that evening), sharp drop to 45-50° for most of next week.
November 13, 2025 at 12:00 AM