Jon Mitchell is a British

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and weather presenter.

Early life

He grew up in

Morecambe Morecambe ( ) is a seaside town and civil parish in the City of Lancaster district in Lancashire, England. It is in Morecambe Bay on the Irish Sea. Name The first use of the name was by John Whitaker in his ''History of Manchester'' (1771), ...

in Lancashire, attending Lancaster Grammar School (since 1971

Lancaster Grammar School Lancaster Royal Grammar School (LRGS) is a selective grammar school (day and boarding) for boys aged 11–18 in Lancaster, Lancashire, England. Old students belong to The Old Lancastrians. The school's sixth form opened to girls in 2019. LRGS i ...

Career

Jon Mitchell started work with the

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on leaving school in 1978. At that time he described work as: "We spent most of our time plotting charts with two pens sellotaped together. The finished product was a work of art that took three solid hours sitting at a desk to complete." In 1986 Jon was posted to the

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weather centre. His first televised TV forecast was when he was asked to stand in for Bob Rust. However, at this time he just provided a voice for the forecast and did not appear in vision. He became a weather presenter for

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in 1989. Though some regional forecasts were broadcast without an in-vision presenter pre-2002. In addition, on occasions he also appeared on

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and

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. Mitchell also presented the national

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forecasts, between 2006 and 2008, on occasions when their team were not available. Mitchell retired from ITV on 29 July 2022.First Briton in space among famous faces wishing Jon Mitchell a happy retirement
itv.com, 29 July 2022

Personal life

Mitchell resides in

Burley in Wharfedale Burley in Wharfedale is a village and (as just Burley) a civil parish in the City of Bradford in West Yorkshire, England. It is situated in the Wharfedale valley. The village is situated on the A65 road, approximately north-west from Leeds, ...

, a small village near Bradford,

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with his wife and two daughters.

References

External links

Jon Mitchell
on

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Jon Mitchell
at itv.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Mitchell, Jon British meteorologists British television presenters ITV Weather Year of birth missing (living people) Living people People from Burley in Wharfedale People from Morecambe Place of birth missing (living people)