Stavros "Stav" Danaos (born 8 April 1978) is an English

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Greek Cypriot Greek Cypriots (, ) are the ethnic Greek population of Cyprus, forming the island's largest ethnolinguistic community. According to the 2023 census, 719,252 respondents recorded their ethnicity as Greek, forming almost 99% of the 737,196 Cypri ...

descent. He currently presents the

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's national weather forecast and has previously worked for ''

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''.

Career

In 2006, Stav applied to join the BBC Weather Centre as a presenter. He joined the team and began presenting forecasts in February 2007. He began presenting weather for regional

news programmes such as ''Reporting Scotland''. He has also done presenting work in

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and

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. Danaos joined the BBC's national news channel to present regular forecasts in 2013.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Danaos, Stav 1978 births Living people English meteorologists English television presenters English people of Greek Cypriot descent BBC newsreaders and journalists BBC weather forecasters