TV Weather Presenters
Trev Appleyard
I'm compiling a list of weather presenters in the regions. Could you please
let me know if you have a 'real' presenter in your region, their name,
whether you think they are a Meteorologist or not, and the station e.g. BBC
Scotland, BBC Northeast, Westcounty Television etc.
many thanks
Trevor
Steve Ball
Rob Overfield <r...@westwind.demon.co.uk> wrote in article
<d64$bBArzo...@westwind.demon.co.uk>...
> In article <3561f...@katana.legend.co.uk>, Trev Appleyard
> <trev...@legend.co.uk> writes
> Our local regional, BBC North (Leeds), has for sometime been using
> meteorologists from the Leeds Weather Centre, the present one is called
> Paul Hudson. His predecessor, Darren Betts, has graduated to the News
> 24 weather staff.
> --
> Rob Overfield
> Westwind Services
>
> E-mail: R...@westwind.demon.co.uk
> rover...@netmatters.co.uk
>
>
There is a guy on BBC News 24 - I think his name is Dan (posh sounding
accent) who is ABSOLUTELY HILARIOUS! I think he should be given his own
chat show or something. He tends to be on early at the weekends - has
anyone else seen him - you'll know if you have!
Apart from Dan, my favourites are Francis Wilson on Sky News, Rob McElwee
on BBC and Jim Bacon (ex-BBC?) on Anglia TV.
Regards,
Steve.
Radio Gnome Invisible
>>
>There is a guy on BBC News 24 - I think his name is Dan (posh sounding
>accent) who is ABSOLUTELY HILARIOUS! I think he should be given his own
>chat show or something. He tends to be on early at the weekends - has
>anyone else seen him - you'll know if you have!
>
>Apart from Dan, my favourites are Francis Wilson on Sky News, Rob McElwee
>on BBC and Jim Bacon (ex-BBC?) on Anglia TV.
yes! I think I saw him (Dan?) when I spent several months being very
depressed earlier this year. Other than that, I don't really watch TV in
term time (prob. for the best!).
However, I have seen Jim Bacon, he's great (though I don't know why) and
Rob McElwee is _by far_ the best I have ever seen - give that man a pay
rise!
Whatever happened to Ron Lobeck?? He was rubbish - the only thing he could
ever say with enthusiasm was 'Goodnight, here's the summary' - he turned
into some kind of celebrity over the TVS/Meridian region.... if _he_ can
do it - so can anyone.
any chance of topless weather forecasting??? (just a joke! I don't want to
see Michael Fish topless...)
cheers
rob
Jack Harrison
Radio Gnome Invisible wrote:
> Rob McElwee is _by far_ the best I have ever seen - give that man a pay
> rise!
I'm inclined to agree that his style, ease of presentation coupled with
the amount of information that he gets across in an easily understood
manner, makes him the best.
My wife would like to start a fan club for other reasons!
Jack
Radio Gnome Invisible
Jack Harrison wrote in message <3562CA...@virgin.net>...
>Radio Gnome Invisible wrote:
>
>> Rob McElwee is _by far_ the best I have ever seen - give that man a pay
>> rise!
>
>I'm inclined to agree that his style, ease of presentation coupled with
>the amount of information that he gets across in an easily understood
>manner, makes him the best.
I like the way he tries to get _useful_ information across - and
occasionally educates the viewer a little more rather than the usual 'It's
going to be cloudy' routine. That has to be a good thing.
>
>My wife would like to start a fan club for other reasons!
I don't want to go into that...... :-)
rob
Robin Bryant
>Whatever happened to Ron Lobeck?? He was rubbish - the only thing he could
>ever say with enthusiasm was 'Goodnight, here's the summary' - he turned
>into some kind of celebrity over the TVS/Meridian region.... if _he_ can
>do it - so can anyone.
Dear old Ron was the author of many classic meteorological cock-ups.
My favourite was his annual Christmas pearl of wisdom regarding the
probability of a White Xmas, viz
"To my mind the odds are 50-50 : it either snows or it doesn't".
If only this were true of the jackpot on the National Lottery : I
either win it this Saturday or I don't. So the odds are 50-50.
When he first uttered this I assumed it was a joke but he repeated it
with such monotonous regularity, year after year, that I began to
think he meant it seriously.
As for his forecast of a 'few wintry showers down the east coast [of
Kent]' for one particular winter weekend .... well the rest, as they
say, is history. Suffice it to say that I couldn't make it into work
for three days.
Robin Bryant
Folkestone.
Rob Overfield
David Reynolds
The message <3563165...@news.demon.co.uk>
from ro...@robinb.demon.co.uk (Robin Bryant) contains these words:
> Dear old Ron was the author of many classic meteorological cock-ups.
> My favourite was his annual Christmas pearl of wisdom regarding the
> probability of a White Xmas, viz
> "To my mind the odds are 50-50 : it either snows or it doesn't".
> If only this were true of the jackpot on the National Lottery : I
> either win it this Saturday or I don't. So the odds are 50-50.
> When he first uttered this I assumed it was a joke but he repeated it
> with such monotonous regularity, year after year, that I began to
> think he meant it seriously.
> As for his forecast of a 'few wintry showers down the east coast [of
> Kent]' for one particular winter weekend .... well the rest, as they
> say, is history. Suffice it to say that I couldn't make it into work
> for three days.
I think it was Ron who said after the stormy conditions in early
January this year, that things will be turning much calmer for the
next few days (or words to that effect).
Cue Selsey tornado ....
Poor Ron! :-)
Cheers,
Dave
Ian Waddell
In article <3561f...@katana.legend.co.uk>, Trev Appleyard
<trev...@legend.co.uk> writes
>I'm compiling a list of weather presenters in the regions. Could you please
>let me know if you have a 'real' presenter in your region, their name,
>whether you think they are a Meteorologist or not, and the station e.g. BBC
>Scotland, BBC Northeast, Westcounty Television etc.
>
BBC South Today - Dorcas Brown (probably some meteorological knowledge)
Meridian TV - Carl Tyler (old bloke who can't remember the forecast
anyway)
Cheers,
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Ian Waddell
http://www.rustia.demon.co.uk
i...@rustia.demon.co.uk
Jon O'Rourke
Ian Waddell wrote:
> In article <3561f...@katana.legend.co.uk>, Trev Appleyard
> <trev...@legend.co.uk> writes
> >I'm compiling a list of weather presenters in the regions. Could you please
> >let me know if you have a 'real' presenter in your region, their name,
> >whether you think they are a Meteorologist or not, and the station e.g. BBC
> >Scotland, BBC Northeast, Westcounty Television etc.
> >
>
> BBC South Today - Dorcas Brown (probably some meteorological knowledge)
Probably a bit more than just "some" ! Dorcas completed a Advanced Forecasting
Course in February.
> Meridian TV - Carl Tyler (old bloke who can't remember the forecast
> anyway)
>
er, no comment...;>)
Jon O'Rourke
Jon O'Rourke wrote:
> Ian Waddell wrote:
>
> > In article <3561f...@katana.legend.co.uk>, Trev Appleyard
> > <trev...@legend.co.uk> writes
> > >I'm compiling a list of weather presenters in the regions. Could you please
> > >let me know if you have a 'real' presenter in your region, their name,
> > >whether you think they are a Meteorologist or not, and the station e.g. BBC
> > >Scotland, BBC Northeast, Westcounty Television etc.
> > >
> >
> > BBC South Today - Dorcas Brown (probably some meteorological knowledge)
>
> Probably a bit more than just "some" ! Dorcas completed a Advanced Forecasting
> Course in February.
O and it's Dorcas Henry...
Ian Waddell
In article <3565BBDD...@netcomuk.co.uk>, Jon O'Rourke
<joro...@netcomuk.co.uk> writes
>> Probably a bit more than just "some" ! Dorcas completed a Advanced Forecasting
>> Course in February.
>
>O and it's Dorcas Henry...
>
but she never sounds confident when doing the forecasts. I guess it's
because she's relatively new and working with Harry Gration must be
quite un-nerving :o)
John Hall
In article <V3l2ZAAv...@rustia.demon.co.uk>,
Ian Waddell <i...@rustia.demon.co.uk> writes:
>In article <3565BBDD...@netcomuk.co.uk>, Jon O'Rourke
><joro...@netcomuk.co.uk> writes
>>> Probably a bit more than just "some" ! Dorcas completed a Advanced
>Forecasting
>>> Course in February.
>>
>>O and it's Dorcas Henry...
>>
>Oooops.. I thought she sounded as if she had quite a bit of experience,
>but she never sounds confident when doing the forecasts. I guess it's
>because she's relatively new and working with Harry Gration must be
>quite un-nerving :o)
Don't the BBC South presenters come from the Southampton Weather Centre,
which presumably means they are Met Office employees? The regular
forecaster for several years up until a year or so ago was excellent,
but shamefully I have forgotten her name - Helen something, I think.
--
John Hall
"The covers of this book are too far apart."
Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914)
Will
John Hall wrote in message ...
Absolutely dead right.
Helen Young is the name and they all super.
Cheers,
Will.
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Richard Adams
BBC local weather forecaster for the Midlands is Shefali Oza (I think I've
spelt it correctly). As far as I know from work experience at the Met Office
in B'ham, she is a qualified meteorologist, although she was never there!
Often seems to be all over the Midlands, courtesy of Midlands Today.
Richard
Jon O'Rourke
Will wrote:
> John Hall wrote in message ...
> >In article <V3l2ZAAv...@rustia.demon.co.uk>,
> > Ian Waddell <i...@rustia.demon.co.uk> writes:
> >>In article <3565BBDD...@netcomuk.co.uk>, Jon O'Rourke
> >><joro...@netcomuk.co.uk> writes
> >>>> Probably a bit more than just "some" ! Dorcas completed a Advanced
> >>Forecasting
> >>>> Course in February.
> >>>
> >>>O and it's Dorcas Henry...
> >>>
> >>Oooops.. I thought she sounded as if she had quite a bit of experience,
> >>but she never sounds confident when doing the forecasts. I guess it's
> >>because she's relatively new and working with Harry Gration must be
> >>quite un-nerving :o)
> >
> >Don't the BBC South presenters come from the Southampton Weather Centre,
> >which presumably means they are Met Office employees? The regular
> >forecaster for several years up until a year or so ago was excellent,
> >but shamefully I have forgotten her name - Helen something, I think.
> >--
>
> Absolutely dead right.
> Helen Young is the name and they all super.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Will.
> --
Hmm, I think the 'Helen' that John Hall was originally thinking of was Helen
Griffin, who now works in the International Forecast Unit (IFU) in the NMC.
Can't seem to remember Helen Young ever on BBC South, but I could be wrong.
Cheers,
Jon.
John Hall
In article <35672B73...@netcomuk.co.uk>,
That's her, I think. She married towards the end of her time on TV, I
think, and became Mrs Griffin. I still can't remember what her original
surname was before she married.
--
John Hall
"Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick
themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever happened."
Winston Churchill (1874-1965)
Ian Waddell
>Griffin, who now works in the International Forecast Unit (IFU) in the NMC.
>Can't seem to remember Helen Young ever on BBC South, but I could be wrong.
Yeah, well spotted Jon, I thought it was Griffin, what about the other
guy that does Meridian weather but also does the National ITV weather,
it's Martin something isn't it?
Will
Jon O'Rourke wrote in message <35672B73...@netcomuk.co.uk>...
>> >Don't the BBC South presenters come from the Southampton Weather Centre,
>> >which presumably means they are Met Office employees? The regular
>> >forecaster for several years up until a year or so ago was excellent,
>> >but shamefully I have forgotten her name - Helen something, I think.
>> >--
>>
>> Absolutely dead right.
>> Helen Young is the name and they all super.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Will.
>> --
>
>Hmm, I think the 'Helen' that John Hall was originally thinking of was Helen
>Griffin, who now works in the International Forecast Unit (IFU) in the NMC.
>Can't seem to remember Helen Young ever on BBC South, but I could be wrong.
>
Oops not doing very well on this thread are we !
I meant Helen Griffin, for some reason I seem to have Helen Young stuck in my
head :-)
Cheers,
Will.
--
Jon O'Rourke
Ian Waddell wrote:
> In article <35672B73...@netcomuk.co.uk>, Jon O'Rourke
> <joro...@netcomuk.co.uk> writes
> >Hmm, I think the 'Helen' that John Hall was originally thinking of was Helen
> >Griffin, who now works in the International Forecast Unit (IFU) in the NMC.
> >Can't seem to remember Helen Young ever on BBC South, but I could be wrong.
>
> Yeah, well spotted Jon, I thought it was Griffin, what about the other
> guy that does Meridian weather but also does the National ITV weather,
> it's Martin something isn't it?
>
> Cheers,
> ----------------------------------------------
> Ian Waddell
>
IIRC it's Martin Davies, who also used to be on BBC South years ago, and is
still one of the best presenters IMHO.
Cheers,
Jon.
Rob Overfield
In article <895999112.13913.0...@news.demon.co.uk>, Will
<wi...@lyneside.demon.co.uk> writes
>
>
>Jon O'Rourke wrote in message <35672B73...@netcomuk.co.uk>...
>
>>> >Don't the BBC South presenters come from the Southampton Weather Centre,
>>> >which presumably means they are Met Office employees? The regular
>>> >forecaster for several years up until a year or so ago was excellent,
>>> >but shamefully I have forgotten her name - Helen something, I think.
>>> >--
>>>
>>> Absolutely dead right.
>>> Helen Young is the name and they all super.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Will.
>>> --
>>
>>Griffin, who now works in the International Forecast Unit (IFU) in the NMC.
>>Can't seem to remember Helen Young ever on BBC South, but I could be wrong.
>>
>
>I meant Helen Griffin, for some reason I seem to have Helen Young stuck in my
>head :-)
>
>Cheers,
>
>Will.
>--
>
>
>
in mine!
--
Rob Overfield
E-mail: R...@westwind.demon.co.uk
rover...@netmatters.co.uk
Ian Waddell
In article <TNZMGBAp9$Z1E...@westwind.demon.co.uk>, Rob Overfield
<r...@westwind.demon.co.uk> writes
>It's Ok, Will, I understand. For some reason I have Isobal Lang stuck
>in mine!
I have Sian Lloyd stuck in mine.. BTW who's that new bird that does the
Ceefax 'outlook' forecast? Sarah Wilmshurst is it?
Cheers,
----------------------------------------------
Ian Waddell
http://www.rustia.demon.co.uk
i...@rustia.demon.co.uk
Jon O'Rourke
Ian Waddell wrote:
Ian, just accidentally clicked on your web page address above and your site
magically appeared, I thought O ! how interesting and clicked on news. At
which point another Netscape window opens and directs itself to
casinofantasy.com !!!
SPOOKY.
Is this one of your side-lines ?!!
Cheers, :>o)
Jon.
Andy Smith
In article <3561f...@katana.legend.co.uk>, Trev Appleyard
<trev...@legend.co.uk> writes
>I'm compiling a list of weather presenters in the regions. Could you please
>let me know if you have a 'real' presenter in your region, their name,
>whether you think they are a Meteorologist or not, and the station e.g. BBC
>Scotland, BBC Northeast, Westcounty Television etc.
>
>
>Trevor
At BBC South West in Plymouth we have the UKs longest standing weather
presenter, Craig Rich. He has been presenting the weather for Spotlight
for donkeys years. Before that he was both a master mariner in the
merchant navy and a lecturer at Plymouth Polytechnic/University. He
recently celebrated his 60th birthday and is still going strong.
In contrast, his opponent on Westcountry TV used to be a farmer. Ron
Bendle tends to rely on sea-weed for his foreasts,and doesn't really
know anything about meteorology!
Regards,
Andy.
--
Ian Waddell
In article <35683B2C...@netcomuk.co.uk>, Jon O'Rourke
<joro...@netcomuk.co.uk> writes
>Ian, just accidentally clicked on your web page address above and your site
>magically appeared, I thought O ! how interesting and clicked on news. At
>which point another Netscape window opens and directs itself to
>casinofantasy.com !!!
>
>SPOOKY.
>
meant to be on the Stratus site. I'm just off to remove it.
John Hall
In article <wI8PGGAF...@rustia.demon.co.uk>,
Ian Waddell <i...@rustia.demon.co.uk> writes:
>In article <TNZMGBAp9$Z1E...@westwind.demon.co.uk>, Rob Overfield
><r...@westwind.demon.co.uk> writes
>>It's Ok, Will, I understand. For some reason I have Isobal Lang stuck
>>in mine!
>
>I have Sian Lloyd stuck in mine.. BTW who's that new bird that does the
>Ceefax 'outlook' forecast? Sarah Wilmshurst is it?
IIRC, up till about 3 months ago she alternated with Philip Eden on
Radio 5 Live on the morning shift.
--
John Hall
"The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism
by those who have not got it."
George Bernard Shaw
David Reynolds
The message <6k75kb$t14$1...@nclient3-gui.server.virgin.net>
from "Richard Adams" <richard...@virgin.net> contains these words:
> BBC local weather forecaster for the Midlands is Shefali Oza (I think I've
> spelt it correctly). As far as I know from work experience at the Met Office
> in B'ham, she is a qualified meteorologist, although she was never there!
Story goes that she was walking down the corridor in BBC Pebble Mill
and someone asked her to be a weather presenter. I think she was a
journo or a secretary or something. Which probably explains why she
was never at BWC ....
Regards,
Dave
John Cook
> Ian Waddell wrote:
>
> > Yeah, well spotted Jon, I thought it was Griffin, what about the other
> > guy that does Meridian weather but also does the National ITV weather,
> >
> > Cheers,
> > ----------------------------------------------
> > Ian Waddell
I think Helen's maiden name was Bargeman or Bargman (not sure of the spelling.
Cheers
John Cook
Andrew Bond
All,
Anybody notice any funny thing the forecasters do at the end of their
bulletin?.
For example - Bill Giles - (Winks)
Michael Fish - (Wiggles his hips?!?)
Peter Cockcroft - (Bows)
All the best
Andrew Bond
AWF
Jon O'Rourke
Andrew Bond wrote:
Anybody notice any funny things that dodgy web sites do to impress
gullible surfers ?
For example :-
Weathernet (flashy graphics/highly suspicious
content)
Meteologistics (flashy graphics/suspicious
content)
Meteoweatherologisticsnet/Strange almagmation of
above (same- probably)
;>))
Sam Nelson
In article <356AEF...@mcmail.com>, Andrew Bond <a...@mcmail.com> writes:
| Anybody notice any funny thing the forecasters do at the end of their
| bulletin?.
|
| For example - Bill Giles - (Winks)
| Michael Fish - (Wiggles his hips?!?)
| Peter Cockcroft - (Bows)
|
and... heck, I can dream, can't I?
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