Lucy Verasamy

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Lucy Verasamy
Education Brunel University
Occupation Weather presenter, TV presenter

Lucy Verasamy is a weather forecaster and environment correspondent for Daybreak on ITV.[1] From 2005 until September 2010, she worked for Sky News as a weather forecaster.

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[edit] Early life

Verasamy attended Silfield Primary School and Framlingham College Junior School Suffolk and King Edward VII High School in Norfolk[2] where she studied A-Level Geography. She graduated with a BSc (Hons) degree in Geography and Earth Sciences from Brunel University in 2001.[3]

[edit] Weather forecasting career

After graduation Lucy worked at the Press Association’s weather centre for four years as a forecaster,[4][5] writing forecasts for newspapers and scripts for radio.

Having previously completed a work experience placement at the Sky Weather Centre before becoming a weather forecaster, Verasamy joined Sky channel[6] and became the regular weather presenter on the Sky News breakfast show Sunrise.[7] 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.[8] She also contributed to Sky News' The Weather Girls blog.[9]

From 6 September 2010, Verasamy presents the weather forecast and acts as environment correspondent alongside Kirsty McCabe on Daybreak.[6]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Lucy Verasamy Daybreak, ITV.com
  2. ^ Extreme Phone Calls Pilot Geography Blog: Weather, Geography Department, King Edward School, 12 May 2006
  3. ^ The Weathergirl cull: The forecast's gloomy as Sky plans shake-up - and the Tracy Sunshines are under threat Mail Online, 22 May 2010
  4. ^ 13 dead as gales whip Europe Cambodian Online
  5. ^ Water warning as heat spreads BBC News, 6 August 2003
  6. ^ a b Daybreak Press Pack ITV.com, 31 August 2010
  7. ^ "Presenters - Lucy Verasamy". http://www.itv.com/daybreak/presenters/lucyverasamy/. Retrieved 21 December 2010. 
  8. ^ Climate Clinic - Ask Lucy Sky News, 12 January 2007
  9. ^ The Weather Girls - Caught out in Cornwall Sky News, 19 July 2010

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