Bbc Weather Presenters

[rowenj]

Simple: Are they presenters reading a script written by meteorologist in the met officer? OR, meteorologists presenting what they and their team have been working on?

[heathfield]

They're meteorologists, according to an email I got from BBC Scotland TV in reply to a query of mine on the subject.

[boxtops]

Yes, they are meteorologists so they understand what they are talking about,. However, they can't see the screen they are presenting, hence the sometimes flailing arm movements.

[Buenchico]

Biographies here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/about/19119489

The BBC's local weather presenters are journalists:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/weather/hi/about/newsid_8480000/8480772.stm

A relevant blog post (dated 14 October 2010) from the Met Office:
http://metofficenews.wordpress.com/tag/bbc-weather-centre/

[dancingbeard]

A few years ago I went to a talk given by Helen Young, I think I have remembered the name correctly, who explained that they are all meteorologists and compose their own reports from the latest data available prior to the bulletin.