Cat Cubie (born 1981) is a Scottish television weather presenter who deputised when ''

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'' regular meteorologists were on maternity leave. Cubie was born in Scotland to Heather and Andrew Cubie and grew up in

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, attending

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before taking a psychology degree at

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Recent work

In 2009, Cubie was one of the presenters of the Euromillions slot on BBC 1. Cubie previously presented Movie Specials for

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, The Surgery on BBC Switch and a number of live music shows, including The Next Big Thing and Live and Unsigned. She was also in the

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final of Pick Me and has been the voice of

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and Living 2. Her first broadcast work was as a researcher for the

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, on programmes such as Little Angels, Teen Angels, Level Up and Beat the Boss. On 20 January 2011, it was announced Cubie would fill in, while the existing forecasting team of Gail McGrane,

Judith Ralston Judith Ralston (née Tonner) is a Scottish weather presenter employed by BBC Scotland, and a former singer. Early life and music career Ralston trained as a musician and studied singing at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgo ...

and Gillian Smart took maternity leave on BBC Scotland. Since April 2023, Cubie has been the presenter of the Heart Scotland afternoon show, weekdays 1-4pm

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External links

* https://web.archive.org/web/20090220165434/http://www.beccabarrmanagement.co.uk/cat-cubie.htm * http://www.catcubie.co.uk/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Cubie, Cat People educated at George Watson's College Scottish television presenters Scottish women television presenters Living people Television personalities from Edinburgh 1981 births BBC weather forecasters