Cecily Tynan

CECILY TYNAN is the Action News weeknight meteorologist. She joined 6abc as the weekend weather anchor and a general assignment reporter in October 1995, and came to WPVI from KTNV in Las Vegas, Nevada. At KTNV 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 Roanoke, Virginia. Originally from Connecticut, Tynan double majored in journalism and politics and graduated magna cum laude from Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia. She also completed meteorology courses and received her seal of approval from the American Meteorological Society. Her broadcast awards and honors include Best On-Air Talent from the Las Vegas Electronic Media Awards and Best Weathercaster from the Las Vegas Review Journal. She was also named Best Weathercaster and Best Weathervane in the Philadelphia Weekly and Philadelphia Magazine, respectively. Tynan is a four-time sub-3 hour marathoner, former world-class professional duathlete, and a top ten age group finisher at the 2003 Ironman World Championships in Kona, Hawaii. Married in April 2005, she has recently scaled back her competitions to local charity races to raise money for worthy charities in the Delaware Valley. She is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and the Brandywine River Conservancy. @cecilytynan