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The New ITV & BBC Weather Thread

RichSwitch posted:
I like Alina. I've been watching South Today for 40 years and remember the days of Keith Best, Ted Young and Baz Watkiss. There've been a few over the years who have gone on to national forecasting: Martyn Davies, Tomasz S., Chris Fawkes, Liam Dutton among them. Alina is the latest of those.
Whatever happened to Dorcas Henry, Mike Powell and Georgie Palmer?
I actually applied to the Met Office for a scientific job 25+ years ago.


Dorcas Henry remarried and is working as a lecturer at Warsash Maritime Academy (Southampton Solent University). Mike Powell does a number of radio news reading roles including on Classic FM (Global). I believe Georgie Palmer left when she had a baby...no idea what she is doing now.

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The New ITV & BBC Weather Thread

m_in_m posted:
RDJ posted:
She's just done the national forecast on BBC One.

Alina's Twitter profile is now "presenter and producer for BBC Weather"

Looks like we have one new presenter now. I wonder what training new presenters will receive. Haven't they historically been trained Meteorologists or I undergone specific training with the Met Office?


Alina took over from me on South Today in 2002. I was involved in giving her meteorological training during her time at South Today and later when I moved to the Met Office College. I think she is a fantastic weather presenter and I wish she would come back to South Today permanently.
Last edited by Metchick on 8 September 2017 10:45am