Melissa Nord left her 4 p.m. meteorologist position at 11Alive WXIA in Atlanta in March 2026, saying on air she will spend more time with her daughters.
Nord joined 11Alive in August 2020 as the weekend morning meteorologist. In September 2023, she was promoted to the weekday 4 p.m. newscast alongside Faith Jessie, Jonathan Martin, and Crash Clark.
Before joining 11Alive, Nord’s weather coverage reached national and international audiences on cable news in 2020. She most recently worked part-time for The Weather Channel and CNN.
Prior to returning to her hometown of Atlanta, Nord spent four years in Washington, D.C. at WUSA9, another TEGNA station.
Earlier in her career, Nord worked as a meteorologist at LEX 18 in Lexington, Kentucky.
She began her career in Atlanta as a weather producer and graphics meteorologist at The Weather Channel. During that time, she volunteered with the National Weather Service office in Peachtree City, Georgia, contributing to a collaborative research study exploring ways to increase warning lead times during tornadic severe weather events.
Nord earned a Bachelor of Science in Earth and Atmospheric Sciences from the Georgia Institute of Technology and was named to the Georgia Tech Alumni Association’s “40 Under 40” list in 2021.
The Certified Broadcast Meteorologist also received the 2025 Southeast Emmy Award for Best Weather Anchor and was named Best Meteorologist by the Georgia Association of Broadcasters with a GABBY Award in 2022. During her time at WUSA, Nord earned both the 2018 Associated Press Award and an Emmy Award for Best Meteorologist in the D.C.-Baltimore region.
