\n\t\t\t\t\t\tVeteran Meteorologist Eric Burris has been promoted to weekday mornings, a key leadership role within the First Warning Weather Team. Burris will deliver Central Florida\u2019s Certified Most Accurate forecasts alongside Alan Campbell and Meredith McDonough on WESH 2 News Sunrise from 4:30\u20137 a.m., with Jason Guy and Sanika Dange on CW18 from 7\u201310 a.m. and Traffic Anchor Meaghan Mackey.A proud Orlando native, Burris attended Seminole State College and the University of Central Florida before earning his Meteorology degree from Mississippi State University. He began his broadcast career at WESH 2\u2019s sister station, WPBF-TV in West Palm Beach, and returned home full-time in 2012 to join the WESH 2 First Warning Weather Team.Over the years, Burris has built a powerful connection with viewers both on-air and online. His energetic and conversational daily \u201cCoffee Talks\u201d have cultivated a loyal digital community, contributing to his more than 178,000 Facebook followers and helping Central Floridians stay informed with personalized weather updates and forecasts each morning.\u201cForecasting weather for the region where I grew up is truly an honor,\u201d Burris said. \u201cI take this responsibility seriously and am committed to keeping our community safe, especially when severe weather threatens.\u201d\u201cEric\u2019s promotion is well-earned and further strengthens WESH 2 News Sunrise,\u201d said Stephanie Linton, WESH 2 news director. \u201cHe brings credibility, reliability, and forward-thinking innovation to every forecast. His deep roots in Central Florida and his connection with viewers make him an exceptional fit to lead our morning weather coverage.\u201d\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
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Veteran Meteorologist Eric Burris has been promoted to weekday mornings, a key leadership role within the First Warning Weather Team. Burris will deliver Central Florida\u2019s Certified Most Accurate forecasts alongside Alan Campbell and Meredith McDonough on WESH 2 News Sunrise from 4:30\u20137 a.m., with Jason Guy and Sanika Dange on CW18 from 7\u201310 a.m. and Traffic Anchor Meaghan Mackey.<\/p>\n
A proud Orlando native, Burris attended Seminole State College and the University of Central Florida before earning his Meteorology degree from Mississippi State University. He began his broadcast career at WESH 2\u2019s sister station, WPBF-TV in West Palm Beach, and returned home full-time in 2012 to join the WESH 2 First Warning Weather Team.<\/p>\n
Over the years, Burris has built a powerful connection with viewers both on-air and online. His energetic and conversational daily \u201cCoffee Talks\u201d have cultivated a loyal digital community, contributing to his more than 178,000 Facebook followers and helping Central Floridians stay informed with personalized weather updates and forecasts each morning.<\/p>\n
\u201cForecasting weather for the region where I grew up is truly an honor,\u201d Burris said. \u201cI take this responsibility seriously and am committed to keeping our community safe, especially when severe weather threatens.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cEric\u2019s promotion is well-earned and further strengthens WESH 2 News Sunrise,\u201d said Stephanie Linton, WESH 2 news director. \u201cHe brings credibility, reliability, and forward-thinking innovation to every forecast. His deep roots in Central Florida and his connection with viewers make him an exceptional fit to lead our morning weather coverage.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Veteran Meteorologist Eric Burris has been promoted to weekday mornings, a key leadership role within the First Warning…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":71607,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[41109,41108,41107,147,34492,5863,139,141,140,41111,41113,41112,41115,31154,26371,918,41110,41114],"class_list":["post-71606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-430-7-a-m","tag-accurate-forecast","tag-burris","tag-central-florida","tag-first-warning-weather-team","tag-morning","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-powerful-connection","tag-proud-orlando-native","tag-sanika-dange","tag-seminole-state-college","tag-sister-station","tag-viewer","tag-wesh","tag-wesh-2-news-sunrise","tag-wpbf-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71606"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71606\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}