Kirsty McCabe

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Kirsty McCabe
Born
Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
Years active1993, 2003–present
Notable work Sky News
Royal Meteorological Society
BBC Weather
The Weather Channel UK
Daybreak
GMTV
Spouse
Renato Marchio
​
(m. 2008)​
Children3

Kirsty McCabe is a Scottish weather forecaster and presenter at Sky News, and was formerly the senior meteorologist at The Weather Channel, based at the UK office in London.

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Early life

Kirsty attended Annanhill Primary School and Grange Academy, while at high school McCabe was an early member of the Palace Youth Theatre which was a joint venture between Kilmarnock and Loudoun District Council and Borderline Theatre Company. During this time she played roles in many stage productions including Alice in Alice in Wonderland and performed as a solo singer on many occasions, notably performing John Lennon's "Imagine" in the 1993 production of Summertime Blues. [1]

McCabe studied Geophysics at the University of Edinburgh, graduating with a first class honours degree before going on to spend three months as an intern at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland, where she used satellite magnetic data to interpret the underlying crustal structure of parts of Australasia. Further study at the University of Oxford saw her involved in a project to look for evidence of climate change in old volcanic soils on the Greek island of Santorini (Thera). While at Oxford she was elected President of the Jesus College Graduate Common Room. During her time at Oxford, she was offered a three-month internship at New Scientist magazine where she went on to work as a sub-editor for four years.

Career

McCabe joined the BBC Weather team in September 2003 and started her training on new media forecasts working on the BBC Digital's interactive service and online. She completed the first part of her forecaster training at the Met Office college in 2004 and her advanced forecaster exams in 2005. She then presented forecasts across a number of BBC outlets, including BBC News, Radio 4, BBC World News and BBC One. McCabe was a main weather presenter for BBC News at One and occasionally presented the weather on BBC Breakfast .

In January 2009, she replaced Andrea McLean as GMTV's weather forecaster. In September 2010, McCabe joined GMTV replacement programme Daybreak on ITV Breakfast as a weather presenter and environment correspondent alongside Lucy Verasamy. On 7 February 2012, it was announced McCabe had left Daybreak. [2]

In June 2012, she joined South Today on BBC South as a weather forecaster for a six-month stint. In January 2013, she moved to Reporting Scotland on BBC Scotland. [3]

From July 2013 to October 2016, she also presented weather forecasts for 5 News on Channel 5, providing cover for Sian Welby.

Since January 2015, she has presented weather forecasts for Sunrise on Sky News as well as working as a weather producer for Sky News.

McCabe was the senior meteorologist for The Weather Channel UK's office from January 2015 to May 2016, broadcasting via weather.com and the Weather Channel app.

In June 2017, she became the first meteorologist in residence for the London Marriott Hotel County Hall providing bespoke weather forecasts. [1]

Personal life

McCabe married South African architect Renato Marchio in July 2008. [4]

She gave birth to a son in 2010, and to a second son in 2013. Her third child was born in 2018. [5] [6] [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Kirsty McCabe". Ayrshire Magazine. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
  2. ↑ "Sky's Crosby to join GMTV's team". 20 November 2008. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  3. ↑ Weather girl Kirsty McCabe defies the elements to walk for charity in her bra Maria Croce, Daily Record, 9 June 2012.
  4. ↑ Fulton, Rick (9 January 2009). "Parents thought I was pregnant when I said I had good news, reveals GMTV new girl Kirsty McCabe". Daily Record . Retrieved 10 June 2009.
  5. ↑ "Kirsty McCabe: My Life as a Mum". 19 March 2015.
  6. ↑ "Scots TV presenter Kirsty McCabe expecting second baby". Daily Record . 16 December 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  7. ↑ "Kirsty McCabe". Twitter. 14 April 2018. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
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