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An image of Carol Kirkwood, Louise Lear, Tomasz Schafernacker, Jay Wynne and Susan Powell.
Meet the team
Meet the BBC Weather forecasters. Find out how they became meteorologists and about their passion for weather.

George Cowling presenting a BBC weather forecast A history of TV weather forecasts
A look at the weather from the science of meteorology to the first weather broadcast on BBC Television in 1954.
A screen shot of the BBC Weather site in 2008. Forecasting online
The BBC Weather website is fed by a central database. It pulls in feeds and publishes updates to the site in minutes.

A presenter doing a broadcast in the radio studio Producing Radio Forecasts
BBC Weather has been producing radio forecasts since 1922. Find out how radio forecasts are produced today.
A presenter stands in front of the weather map Producing Weather Broadcasts
BBC Weather looks at the process of taking a weather forecast from computer model output to the broadcast you see on television.

Weather presenter standing in front of green screen in TV studio Advancements in Forecasting
The technology used in broadcasting weather has come a long way since George Cowlings hand drawn charts.
Weather map in black and white showing UK and northern Europe and isobars and fronts Weather Graphics over the years
Weather graphics have changed significantly over the years, from hand drawn charts to the launch of 3D graphics.



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