M.J. McDermott

I love weather and communicating the weather to viewers, but I admit I haven't always been a "weather weenie" (and, yes, that is what you call a weather nut).I am an Air Force brat and grew up all over the U.S. My family ended up on the Washington D.C. area, and I went to college the first time at the University of Maryland. I was a science geek and started college as a Physics major, but then I had a change of heart and switched my major to Theatre.After graduating from Maryland, I moved to New York City and did acting work.

Some people think my biggest claim to fame was the day I did on "All My Children" I had a scene with Erica! After a couple years of moderate success, I moved to Seattle where I did theatre, radio and a children's TV show with Rosco the Raccoon on KSTW TV-11. We were the last show in the region to have a live children's audience. The raccoon and I were proud to have won an Emmy Award for our work too. When that ended, I still wanted to work in TV. I have always been intrigued by weather and, with my background in Physics, I decided to study meteorology.

I went back to school and got my degree in Atmospheric Sciences from the University of Washington. While at the UW, I worked for Steve Pool at KOMO, then began to work as a weather forecaster at Northwest Cable News. I was there for over 2 years, then came here. I have twin boys who love the weather and help me forecast. Sometimes they do a better job than I do! I am thrilled to be doing weather at Q13 FOX News. It's a great team.