Evan O’Regan: The Meteorologist Whose Career Started With a Hurricane
Evan O’Regan is an early-career broadcast meteorologist who has already worked in two very different weather markets: the extreme heat, wind, and dust of West Texas, and the severe storm corridor of the Mid-South. Since September 2025, he has been the weekend evening meteorologist at FOX13 Memphis, forecasting for one of the most weather-active regions in the country.
Growing Up in New York
O’Regan grew up in New York, about an hour outside Manhattan, a setting that gave him exposure to nearly every type of weather. Winter blizzards led him to discover thundersnow, a rare phenomenon in which thunder and lightning accompany a snowstorm, which he still names as his favorite weather event. During summer thunderstorms, he would station himself on his porch trying to capture lightning strikes on camera, a habit he says he keeps up to this day.
Hurricane Sandy and a Career Decision
What turned that fascination into a career plan was Hurricane Sandy, which devastated the East Coast in October 2012. Watching the storm’s impact on the region where he grew up is what pushed O’Regan toward meteorology as a profession rather than just a hobby.
Studying Meteorology at Florida State
That decision took him to Tallahassee, where he enrolled at Florida State University. He graduated in May 2023 with a Bachelor of Science in Meteorology, a minor in mathematics, and a certificate in Emergency Management and Homeland Security, a combination that pairs forecasting skills with the disaster-response side of severe weather.
His time at FSU included significant hands-on broadcast experience. From September 2021 to May 2023, he worked as an on-camera student meteorologist on FSU’s student-run weather show, which airs on WFSU in Tallahassee and streams live on YouTube five days a week. He also served as team leader and producer of the Thursday edition during the 2022–2023 school year, building graphics with WSI Max software and running control room operations on a TriCaster system. He also volunteered at the National Weather Service forecast office in Tallahassee as a student.
An Internship at The Weather Channel
In the summer of 2022, O’Regan interned at The Weather Channel’s headquarters in Atlanta, working as a weather producer intern. During that internship, he shadowed weather producers and on-camera meteorologists, including Jim Cantore, Stephanie Abrams, Jen Carfagno, and Dr. Greg Postel, giving him an inside look at how one of the country’s biggest weather operations runs day to day.
Starting Out in El Paso
After graduating in 2023, O’Regan began his professional career at KFOX14 and CBS4 (KDBC) in El Paso, Texas, both owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group. He worked as a weekend meteorologist and also served as a sports reporter, a dual role that is common at smaller-market stations. In El Paso, he covered extreme heat, high wind, dust storms, and flooding events across Far West Texas and Southern New Mexico, a very different weather landscape from the one he grew up in.
Joining FOX13 Memphis
O’Regan joined FOX13 Memphis (WHBQ) in September 2025 as the weekend evening meteorologist, joining a weather team that includes Chief Meteorologist Andrew Humphrey, Brittani DuBose, and Wendy Nations. He has said he is excited to forecast and track storms across the Mid-South, a region known for severe thunderstorms, tornado risk, and flooding.
Weather Coverage and Science Reporting
Beyond his weekend forecasts, O’Regan has contributed weather and science stories to FOX13’s website. His coverage has included reporting on the federal decision to dismantle a deep-ocean monitoring network that provides key data on the world’s oceans, a development that came as forecasters were watching for a potentially record-breaking El Niño later in the year. He has also reported on how artificial intelligence is changing hurricane forecasting, including how the National Hurricane Center leaned on an AI weather model during Hurricane Isaias, with expert commentary from University of Memphis atmospheric science professor Dorian Burnette, who cautioned that AI models alone are not yet reliable enough to replace human forecasters.
Life Outside the Newsroom
O’Regan describes himself as someone who enjoys time with friends and family and is, by his own account, glued to sports on TV. He has joked that his one fatal flaw is believing his favorite teams, the Yankees, Knicks, New York Giants, and Florida State Seminoles, are the best in the world, and that he’s never shy about saying so. He also calls himself a “certified yapper,” inviting viewers to say hello if they see him around Memphis.
Quick Facts
| Category | Detail |
|---|---|
| Name | Evan O’Regan |
| Hometown | New York (about an hour from Manhattan) |
| Education | Florida State University (BS, Meteorology, 2023; minor in Mathematics; certificate in Emergency Management and Homeland Security) |
| Employer | FOX13 Memphis (WHBQ) |
| Current role | Weekend Evening Meteorologist (since September 2025) |
| Previously | KFOX14/CBS4, El Paso, Texas (2023–2025); Weather Channel producer intern (2022) |
| Favorite weather event | Thundersnow |
FAQ
What does Evan O’Regan do at FOX13 Memphis?
He’s the weekend evening meteorologist, forecasting and tracking storms for the Mid-South, and also contributes weather and science stories to the station’s website.
Where did Evan O’Regan work before FOX13?
He worked at KFOX14 and CBS4 in El Paso, Texas, from 2023 until 2025, as a weekend meteorologist and sports reporter.
Where did Evan O’Regan go to college?
He earned a Bachelor of Science in Meteorology from Florida State University in May 2023.
What made Evan O’Regan want to become a meteorologist?
Hurricane Sandy’s impact on the East Coast in October 2012 is what pushed him to pursue meteorology as a career.
A Career Just Getting Started
Evan O’Regan’s path from a New York porch chasing lightning to a weekend forecasting job in Memphis is still early, but it already shows the usual markers of a broadcast meteorologist on the rise: hands-on student broadcasting at Florida State, a Weather Channel internship, and two years of operational forecasting in extreme West Texas weather before moving to the Mid-South’s severe storm corridor. As he builds a longer record in Memphis, his storm coverage and science reporting are likely to become a bigger part of his public profile.
