Cecily Tynan

About

Cecily Joan Tynan (born March 19, 1969) is an American television meteorologist who has been with WPVI-TV since 1995. As of 2026, she is the 5, 6, and 11 pm weathercaster and chief meteorologist for Action News and is also the weathercaster for a streaming-exclusive edition that airs at 6:30 pm. She formerly hosted the Saturday evening public affairs program Primetime Weekend.

Tynan is a 1991 graduate of Washington and Lee University, from where she earned a degree with majors in journalism and politics. She holds American Meteorological Society television seal number 1099.

She came to WPVI from KTNV-TV in Las Vegas, 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 Roanoke, Virginia.
At WPVI, she started out as a weekend weathercaster and general reporter. She later became the weekday morning weathercaster. When Dave Roberts cut back his duties in 2003, she became the weathercaster for weeknights at 5:30 and 11 pm. After Lisa Thomas-Laury went on medical leave, Tynan took over as co-host of several locally produced specials, including…