Clare Lyn Nasir (born 20 June 1970) is an English

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, author, and TV presenter.

Early life

Born in

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, Nasir's family is musical, with Nasir playing the saxophone, while three of her brothers are professional musicians. Nasir attended Kingsbrook School in South Northamptonshire, where in 1988 she obtained

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s in Mathematics, Geography and History. She then studied at the

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, graduating with an

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in Mathematics, continuing on with her master's degree in Applied

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Career

After university studies, Nasir joined the

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, training to become a qualified weather forecaster. Two years later, Nasir joined the Met Office's London Weather Centre, offering

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and presenting services to London radio stations and media outlets. Subsequently, she took a position as forecaster and presenter for Anglia Television in 1997. She returned to London to work for Carlton Television in 1998. In 2000 Nasir joined

GMTV GMTV (an initialism for Good Morning Television), now legally known as ''ITV Breakfast, ITV Breakfast Broadcasting Limited'', was the name of the national ITV (TV network), ITV breakfast television contractor/licensee, broadcasting in the Uni ...

as maternity leave cover for regular weather forecaster Andrea McLean, but this led to a permanent contract, with her sharing duties with McLean following her return. In 2001 Nasir was made weather producer and presenter being responsible for all weather output and weather-related features on GMTV. GMTV forecasts include outside broadcasts, the most famous of which involves Nasir reporting from

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seafront. Being lashed by wind and rain, in the middle of the report an enormous wave burst over the harbour wall, completely covering her and sending her flying out of shot. Undeterred, she picked herself up and finished her report, having to speak directly into the boom microphone as she had lost her microphone pack. As well as presenting the weather on GMTV, Nasir has hosted several series, including "Interactive Wedding", the travel series "Great Escapes", and "Extreme Weather", wherein she investigated globally changing weather patterns. In 2007 Nasir served as one of many panelists on ''

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''. On 1 August 2010, the

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announced Nasir was to quit GMTV prior to the following month, to launch a fitness DVD. On 3 September 2010, on the final broadcast of GMTV, Nasir presented her last weather forecast. From 20 November 2010 until 27 October 2013, Nasir presented weather forecasts for the

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produced regional news programme '' ITV News London'' on ITV London. In 2011, Nasir completed a diploma in International Environmental Policy from the

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."Profile: Clare Nasir"
''Cloud9management'' In February 2012, Nasir appeared as a celebrity guest on the Channel 5 TV show, "Live With ..." and spoke of her journey of having achieved her goal of having a baby. Nasir has written a regular weather-related blog column for ''

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'' (UK). In June 2012 Nasir presented weather forecasts for the ITN produced '' 5 News'' on Channel 5 to cover for Sian Welby while she is on holiday or a break. As of 4 October 2013, Nasir has presented weather forecasts for the

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produced regional news programme '' BBC North West Tonight'' as well as ''Look North for Yorkshire'' and ''Look North for Lincolnshire and Yorkshire''. Since 2016, Nasir has hosted the weather bulletins for the Met Office online. Nasir has also written a series of children's books including Colin The Cloud. On 31 October 2016, Nasir joined as full-time weather forecaster for 5 News on Channel 5."Profile: Clare Nasir"
''White Management'' (accessed 10 February 2020)

Filmography

Personal life

Nasir has been married to DJ Chris Hawkins since March 2005. She gave birth to a daughter on 11 November 2009, seven weeks early. In 2012, Nasir and Hawkins moved to

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as Hawkins continues working for

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.Slade, Jane
"Weather girl tunes in to better life in the north"
''

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'', Property, 29 February 2012

Books

* COLIN THE CLOUD. (2014) Rudling House. * STEVE THE STRATUS. (2015) Rudling House. * ''What Does Rain Smell Like?'' (2019)

References

Clare Nasir Biography
GMTV (archived 2007)

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nasir, Clare 1970 births Living people Alumni of the University of Plymouth British meteorologists English people of Indian descent English television presenters ITV Weather People from Milton Keynes