Mary Gilbert - CNN Meteorologist
Mary Gilbert
CNN Meteorologist
Mary Gilbert is a writer and meteorologist covering extreme weather and its intersection with the climate crisis.
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A once-in-1,000-year rainfall event from an unnamed storm floods homes and forces rescues in North Carolina
Sep 17, 2024
Floodwater surged into homes, stranded vehicles and forced water rescues in coastal North Carolina Monday after a tropical storm-like system dumped historic amounts of rain on the area in a matter of hours.
An unusual shift in the weather has turned the Sahara green
Sep 13, 2024
There isn’t much green in the Sahara Desert, but an unusual shift in the weather pattern has caused storms to move where they typically wouldn’t.
Francine’s heavy rainfall forces dramatic water rescues as even more flooding is on the horizon
Sep 13, 2024
Francine is spreading dangerous conditions across the South Thursday after it slammed into Louisiana with extreme rainfall, life-threatening flooding and destructive winds.
An explosive California wildfire looked like a bomb went off from space – here’s what’s happening
Sep 12, 2024
California’s Line Fire is burning so intensely that it created its own weather.
Hurricane Francine will continue to strengthen on its collision course with Louisiana
Sep 11, 2024
Francine has strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 90 mph and is forecast to keep strengthening – possibly to a Category 2 storm – ahead of landfall along the Louisiana coast Wednesday.
Tropical Storm Francine forces evacuations along Gulf Coast, Louisiana under hurricane warning
Sep 10, 2024
The first evacuations have been ordered along the Gulf Coast as Tropical Storm Francine gains strength ahead of an expected hurricane strike by midweek, and a hurricane warning has been posted for Louisiana in anticipation of Francine’s arrival.
Potential Tropical Cyclone Six forms in Gulf with tropical storm watch issued for Mexico
Sep 9, 2024
Potential Tropical Cyclone Six has formed over the warm waters of the southern Gulf of Mexico with over two months left of 2024’s Atlantic hurricane season, the National Hurricane Center said Sunday.
This hurricane season is confounding experts and defying forecasts. What the heck is going on?
Sep 6, 2024
It’s eerily quiet in the Atlantic during the peak of hurricane season. What’s causing it could be a sign of what’s to come in a warming world.
A far-reaching cooldown is coming just in time for Labor Day weekend
Aug 30, 2024
A widespread area of the eastern United States will get a taste of early fall weather for Labor Day weekend after July-like heat baked tens of millions of people this week.
The fall forecast is in and there’s some bad news for fall lovers
Aug 28, 2024
Brutal heat is stretching into the late summer and there are signs in the forecast that there could be more longing for that crisp, fall feel.
Hone strengthens into a hurricane as it threatens Hawaii with fire and floods
Aug 25, 2024
The Atlantic hurricane season might be quiet for now, but the same can’t be said in the Pacific, where Hurricane Hone is threatening to deliver a weekend blow to Hawaii.
New forecast reveals when and where hurricane season could get active after Ernesto
Aug 20, 2024
Tropical activity in an unusually active hurricane season will take a breather after Ernesto, but forecasters don’t believe it will last long.
Ernesto restrengthens to a hurricane as dangerous beach conditions continue along East Coast
Aug 19, 2024
Ernesto has regained Category 1 hurricane strength with 75 mph sustained winds Sunday as it headed toward Atlantic Canada, following its thrashing of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, where it left hundreds of thousands of people without power.
Hurricane Ernesto knocked out power to half of Puerto Rico and is strengthening as it heads toward Bermuda
Aug 15, 2024
Hurricane Ernesto unloaded flooding rainfall on Puerto Rico as it pulled away from the island Wednesday afternoon after its strong winds knocked out power to hundreds of thousands there and in the Virgin Islands.
About
Mary Gilbert is a writer and meteorologist on CNN’s climate and weather team covering extreme weather and its intersection with the climate crisis.
Prior to joining CNN in 2023, Gilbert worked as an operational meteorologist at AccuWeather for four years. She created weather forecasts for all over the world, issued real-time warnings for adverse weather and wrote forecast stories for AccuWeather.com.
She’s passionate about boiling down the complex aspects of extreme weather into an easy-to-understand format that people can apply to their day-to-day decisions.
Originally from Pennsylvania, Gilbert has a BS in Meteorology from Millersville University of Pennsylvania.