Monica Woods joined News10 in April 2001 as weekend meteorologist. In August, she took over the weather position on the weekday morning shows. She currently handles forecasting duties on News10 Good Morning.
Monica can also be heard giving the latest weather weekday mornings on Sacramento radio stations 98 Rock, 96.9 The Eagle, KWOD 106.5, 107.9 The End, and 94.7 Smooth Jazz, as well as Modesto's KAT Country.
Prior to joining News10, Monica was with News10's sister station, WXIA-TV in Atlanta. There she was the morning and noon meteorologist. Before that, she worked as the weeknight meteorologist at KTXL-TV and morning weather personality for KRXQ-FM in Sacramento. She got her start in broadcast meteorology at WKAG-TV in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, where she was the weeknight weathercaster.
Monica is a member of the National Weather Association and holds the NWA Seal of Approval. She is a former president of the local chapter of the American Meteorology Society, which is comprised of current and former area weather professionals.
Monica served a term as president of Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Greater Sacramento, and sat on the organization's Board of Directors for three years. She was also a weekly volunteer at the Sacramento office of the National Weather Service, where she helped compile statistical data for new forecasting areas.
Monica's interests include running, swimming and spending time with her family. Monica and her husband, Walt, have three children, Abby, Kelly and Joseph.
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