ITV Weather is the national and regional forecast shown on UK terrestrial network ITV, and is provided by the

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(except the Channel Islands forecast, which is provided by the Jersey Meteorological Department). Bulletins are usually broadcast after every

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and ITV regional bulletin, although during ITV News at 6.30pm national weather is broadcast live from the news studio. Emma Jesson is the longest serving forecaster after 30 years with ITV Weather.

National weather

The national bulletin launched on the ITV network on 13 February 1989, complimenting the previous regional arrangements whereby the separate ITV regional licence holders were responsible for providing weather forecasts themselves only for their regional franchise areas.Tricia Williamson (obituary)
''The Independent'', 14 November 2007, accessed 16 February 2020

National weather sponsors

The national weather for ITV and STV has had commercial sponsors from the outset, as listed in the chart below. ITV Weather on '' Good Morning Britain'' and its predecessors have always had a different sponsorship deal.

Regional weather

Each region has at least one dedicated presenter. At weekends three presenters cover all of the 15 sub-regions and one presenter covers the national forecast. Currently the weekend hubs are grouped and recorded from the following: *'' Calendar'' (North/South opts), '' Granada Reports'', '' ITV News Tyne Tees'' and '' Lookaround''. **

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. *'' ITV News Anglia'' (East/West opts), ''

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'' (East/West opts), ''

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'' and '' ITV News Cymru Wales''. **Millbank Studios in

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, central London. *'' ITV News Channel TV'', '' ITV News Meridian'' (East/West opts) and '' ITV News West Country'' (West/South West opts) ** Whiteley,

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'' **No dedicated in-vision weather presenter (at weekends). *''

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'' **Has a dedicated weekend presenter.

Regional weather sponsors

As with the National ITV Weather, the regional weather forecasts for ITV licence holders have commercial sponsors. These are currently:

Graphics

On 3 October 2016, new graphics were introduced on the National ITV Weather and across all ITV plc-owned regions. These graphics are also used on '' Good Morning Britain'' in their weather updates as well as regional news. STV introduced their own new graphics earlier in 2016.

On-air staff

References

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