Cecily Joan Tynan (born March 19, 1969) is an American television meteorologist who has been with

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since 1995. , she is the 5, 6, and 11 pm weathercaster and chief meteorologist at WPVI. She formerly hosted the Saturday evening public affairs program ''Primetime Weekend''.

Education

Tynan is a 1991 graduate of

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, from where she earned a degree with majors in journalism and politics. She holds

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television seal number 1099.

Career

She came to WPVI from KTNV in

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, Nevada, where she worked as a weather and news anchor for "Good Morning Las Vegas." Prior to that, she was the weekend weather anchor and a general assignment reporter for WDBJ in

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. At WPVI, she started out as a weekend weathercaster and general reporter. She later became the weekday morning weathercaster. When

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cut back his duties in 2003, she became the weathercaster for weeknights at 5:30 and 11 p.m. After

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went on medical leave, Tynan took over as co-host of several locally produced specials, including the

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, the 4th of July Parade, Philly on Wheels, and the

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. In 2009, after Dave Roberts retired, she replaced him on the 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. weathercasts while maintaining her role as the 11pm meteorologist.

Personal life

After she and her first husband school teacher Michael Badger divorced, she married Greg Watson. The couple have two children.6abc.com: Cecily Tynan's a Mommy!
, abclocal.go.com, January 21, 2006; accessed October 10, 2014. As of February 2023, her daughter Emma is 15 yrs old and her son Luke is 17. Tynan is a

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and has run marathons. She was featured on the February 2001 cover of ''

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'' magazine. The Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia inducted Tynan into their Hall of Fame in 2012.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tynan, Cecily 1969 births Living people Philadelphia television reporters Television anchors from Philadelphia Washington and Lee University alumni People from Newtown, Connecticut