Gannon Medwick
Chief Meteorologist
Wilmington, NC
Gannon Medwick joined the WECT First Alert Weather Team as chief meteorologist in 2013. Originally from Wilmington, Delaware, Gannon earned a Bachelor of Science in Meteorology from Penn State in 2003 and his career quickly took him to North Carolina. Gannon worked as morning meteorologist with WNCT of Greenville, New Bern, and Morehead City starting in 2004.
Gannon has calmly guided viewers through dozens of impactful eastern Carolina tropical systems including four in-market hurricane landfalls: Ophelia, Irene, Florence, and Isaias. "Between hurricanes, tornadoes, and winter storms, I've seen a lot of good people and places hit hard. You know those lazy days with warm sun and a mellow sea breeze? I appreciate those kinds of days a lot knowing how tough things can get."
In the community, Gannon is a proponent of math and science education and has volunteered with the North Carolina Science Olympiad. Gannon loves pets, especially dogs, so showcasing local four-legged friends as part of his daily dog walking forecast is one of his favorite parts of his job. He, his wife, two daughters, and Lab-mix dog live in New Hanover County.
Some moderate to disruptive rain, wind, and temperature change impacts are likely.
Dry, crisp conditions will soon replace the balmy, damp ones.
Over 20 storms formed, included an unnamed subtropical storm that was retroactively recognized to have formed off the New England Coast in January.
A slow but ultimately substantial warmup reintroduces 60s and 70s to your First Alert Forecast.
In most cases, even colder numbers than the first days of the month...
Your First Alert Forecast opens with mild showers, but changes are close at hand...
Rain should wrap by Thanksgiving, but it is worth staying alert for in the meantime.
Some of the shower chances could affect your errands or travel before Thanksgiving...
Though the weekend timing is lamentable, your First Alert Forecast continues to offer the risk of beneficial raindrops Sunday.
Gannon shows you how your First Alert Weather Team stores, stacks, and manipulates the graphics you see every day.
Gannon explores the utility of frost and freeze climatology in fall forecasting.
Gannon tests popular November weather lore, explores the utility of frost and freeze climatology in fall forecasting, and takes you on a behind-the-scenes tour of the First Alert Weather graphics workspace.
Dry high pressure will support warmer than average temperatures in the week ahead.
A cold front to move through Tuesday bringing rain chances and much cooler temperatures.
A cold front will bring an abrupt halt to the warm weather pattern on or just after Halloween.
All the while, expect dry weather to continue.
Despite some rain, temperatures made the 80s Saturday. Expect numbers nowhere near that warm in the new week.
The chilliest mornings of fall - so far anyway - are here for a few days.
Your First Alert Forecast stacks several days of nice, crisp early fall weather for the Cape Fear Region.
Gannon reflects on Hurricane Florence with the WECT News team and explores the link between distant hurricanes and rip currents.
Your First Alert Forecast centers on a frontal system that will climb the Carolina Coast between Thursday and Sunday.
Labor Day weekend will be a nice one for a little yard cleanup, or to just relax with a nice trip to the water.
Still heating up and watching the tropics...
Your First Alert Forecast carries particularly stressful heat index values for Tuesday
Gannon asks Dr. Michael Brennan about Hurricane Season preparedness from the perspective of a longtime Cape Fear resident and a brand new transplant.
Gannon explores the science of dew and showcases some dazzling local photos thereof.
August is traditionally a very rainy month for the Cape Fear Region. Gannon explains its wet ways from forecasting perspective.
Gannon embraces the summer humidity by exploring the science of dew and the challenges of August rain forecasting. Plus: a conversation with the new director of the National Hurricane Center, Dr. Michael Brennan.
Days with the lower storm chances will tend to have the higher temperatures.
Your First Alert Forecast opens with unsettled skies and then trends hotter.
Your First Alert Forecast features active early week weather.
Seasonably hot and muggy conditions remain in your First Alert Forecast through Sunday.
Saffir-Simpson hurricane categories are labels and, in forecasting, impacts trump labels.
Hurricane Season can be a physically, mentally, and emotionally taxing time. Consider these rules to weather the season well!
What might the 2023 Atlantic Hurricane Season bring? There are clues.
See clues as to what the 2023 Atlantic Hurricane Season may bring, a conversation about storm preparedness from physical, mental, and emotional perspectives, and why the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Rating Scale has glaring shortcomings.
Amid a temperature transition you're bound to notice, a couple storms may continue to dot the radar.
As a tropical system flounders in the Gulf of Mexico, the Cape Fear Region should get lots of dry time...
Your First Alert Weather Team will continue to monitor a low pressure system - non-tropical at least for now - off the Carolina Coast.
A cool, brisk, showery low pressure system will gradually loosen its grip on the Cape Fear Region.
A surface front draped across or near the Cape Fear Region argues for rain chances this week, but the pattern in the higher levels of the atmosphere will often act to suppress these chances.
Your Mother's Day weekend forecast is not devoid of rain chances, but there will be a lot of warm and dry time.
Most long-range outlooks for the 2023 Hurricane Season feature near-normal storm activity across the Atlantic Basin.
Hot car safety must be top of mind even before the hottest weather hits.
