Weather Wise

Chief Meteorologist Rich Wirdzek and Meteorologist Jake Grant are back this week to talk about a brief tornado that touched in Dagsboro on Monday afternoon, and why this occurred despite a low risk f…

Chief Meteorologist Rich Wirdzek and Meteorologist Erich Ahlf are back this week to talk about an increasingly active situation in the tropics, recapping Idalia and focusing on a new storm in the Atl…

Chief Meteorologist Rich Wirdzek and Meteorologist Jake Grant are back this week to talk about the explosive development in the tropics. With hurricane Franklin moving away from the coast, the attent…

On this week's episode, Chief Meteorologist Rich Wirdzek and Meteorologist Jake Grant discuss the rapid increase in tropical activity in the Atlantic. Also, they talk about the Pacific where Tropical…

In this week's episode, WMDT's newest Meteorologist Erich Ahlf joins Chief Meteorologist Rich Wirdzek for the first time on Weather Wise! Get to know Erich as he talks about his passion for meteorolo…

Monday brought a significant outbreak of severe weather to the mid-Atlantic region, resulting in numerous severe thunderstorms that moved across Delmarva late in the evening. Rotating supercells trig…

Weather Wise returns after a week break for the Delaware State Fair! Chief Meteorologist Rich Wirdzek and Meteorologist Jake Grant recap their time broadcasting at the fair and the long awaited break…

Fresh off of a deluge on Sunday where parts of Delaware received 5-7 inches of rain, smoke has again drifted into the region as Canadian wildfires continue to burn. The heat and humidity has been on …

Summer temperatures and high humidity have quickly become the norm across Delmarva since the start of July. Chief Meteorologist Rich Wirdzek and Meteorologist Jake Grant talk about the issue of accli…

The lead up to the 4th of July was increasingly hot and humid, which set the stage for severe weather on the evening of the 3rd. A large supercell thunderstorm cut across Talbot, Caroline, and Sussex…

In this week's episode we welcome our newest Meteorologist, Jake Grant, to the WMDT weather team! Jake chats with Chief Meteorologist Rich Wirdzek about his local ties to the region and what fueled h…

After more than 5 years of service forecasting for the Delmarva Peninsula, Meteorologist Ulises Garcia signs off for the final time on the Weather Wise Podcast. As he prepares to embark on the next s…

Delmarva had an array of air quality in the past week, spanning thick wildfire smoke from fires in eastern Canada, abnormally dry air for this time off the year, and a surge of summer-like humidity. …

Kicking off the official start of the Atlantic hurricane season, the first named storm - Arlene - is already in the books! In eastern Canada, the lack of rain and warm temperatures have created long-…

Chief Meteorologist Rich Wirdzek & Meteorologist Ulises Garcia discuss how the coastal low that impacted the Carolinas; played a role to the weather on Delmarva too for Memorial Day. Rich & Ulises me…

May has been a much cooler (and wetter) month compared to April across the Mid-Atlantic. Chief Meteorologist Rich Wirdzek and Meteorologist Ulises Garcia look at the current patterns as we close in o…

Meteorologists Rich Wirdzek and Ulises Garcia recap the rain from this past Saturday; along with talking about the tropics, snowfall & a special weather event that occurs in the Great Lakes. 

After a very warm and drought stricken April, May has thus far been a much more typical weather setup with a back and forth between cool, wet days and nice, sunny days. Meteorologist Ulises Garcia an…

This past weekend brought several inches of much needed rain to Delmarva, reversing the course of moderate drought that had taken over much of the Peninsula. Chief Meteorologist Rich Wirdzek and Mete…

A major shift in the overall temperature and precipitation pattern is occurring across the Mid-Atlantic after several weeks of above normal temperatures and dry conditions. Cool and wet days lie ahea…