Lucy Verasamy (born 2 August 1980) is a British weather forecaster for

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, '' ITV Racing'' and ITV's '' Good Morning Britain''.ITV National Weather Team

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, 28 June 2020

Early life and education

Verasamy was born in

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, and attended Silfield Primary School in

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Junior School in

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and King Edward VII School in King's Lynn, where she studied

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. She graduated with a BSc ( Hons) degree in geography from

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in 2001.

Career

After graduation, Verasamy trained and worked as a meteorologist at the

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’s weather centre (Later renamed

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– Europe’s Largest private weather company) – writing national and international weather forecasts for TV, radio, and Newspapers. Having previously completed a work experience placement at the Sky Weather Centre before becoming a weather forecaster, Verasamy joined Sky and became the regular weather presenter on the

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breakfast show ''

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''. In 2007, the Sky News website started a feature entitled ''Climate Clinic – Ask Lucy'' as part of their ''Green Britain'' campaign, where Verasamy answered questions put forward by members of the public regarding climate change. She also contributed to Sky News ''The Weather Girls'' blog. On 6 September 2010, she joined the newly-launched

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programme '' Daybreak'', as a weather forecaster and environment correspondent, alongside Kirsty McCabe.Daybreak Press Pack
ITV.com, 31 August 2010 On 7 February 2012, McCabe left the programme, leaving Verasamy as the sole weather forecaster. On 2 August 2012, she too left the programme. Since 2012, Verasamy has fronted the national weather forecasts for ITV. In addition, as of 2017, Verasamy is part of the '' ITV Racing'' team as a weather expert. She also joined '' Good Morning Britain'' as a relief weather presenter from August. In 2019 she fronted the M & S Fresh Food Market promotions. In March 2020, Verasamy was to co-present the then upcoming ITV travel show ''How to Spend It Well on Holiday'' with

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. The show was pulled from airing due to the

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, and with the expectation of being shown at a later date. In November 2020, Verasamy began presenting on ITV's digital series ''Climate Crisis: Our Changing World'', alongside fellow ITV weather presenters Laura Tobin and Alex Beresford. In 2021, Verasamy fronted

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's "Fresh Market Update" advertising campaign, featuring cooked produce from Marks & Spencer's own growers and producers locations, ranging from North Scotland to Jersey.

Filmography

References

External links

Lucy Verasamy
on

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Climate Clinic – Ask Lucy
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