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| A
day in the life of Richard Angwin |
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| Richard
presents his forecast weekdays on Points West |
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My
day officially starts at 11 AM as I try and find a car parking
space somewhere within a two mile radius of the BBC... |
BBC Bristol
Radio Bristol
BBC Wiltshire
Radio Swindon
Radio Wiltshire
BBC Gloucestershire
Radio Gloucestershire
BBC Somerset
Somerset Sound
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But really it starts as soon as I draw back the curtains in
the morning and take the dog for a walk.
That’s when I can gauge for myself how warm it feels, how hard
the frost is or how much rain there was overnight.
When I get into the office I have to power up a series of PCs
and a Mac. I can then begin checking the raw data - weather
observations, satellite and rainfall radar data etc on which
the forecasts will be based.
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| Richard
prepares the weather charts from his desk which he shares
with the online team in Bristol |
I also have lots of other forecast data plus advice from the
Met Office headquarters. I try to get ‘up to speed’ with the
weather ‘story’ as quickly as possible because the telephone
starts ringing as soon as I am at my desk.
I start my broadcasting schedule at 11:30 AM with BBC Somerset
Sound. I then usually take a few minutes to think about how
I will describe today’s weather and the type of charts that
will help me.
I also try to find interesting or unusual facts that will appeal
to our viewers. I prepare all the charts, including all the
different place names, myself.
There can be as few as ten and as many as 40 charts in a typical
forecast. I present three forecasts for Points West; at 1:35
PM, 3:25 PM and 6:55 PM.
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| Where
the camera sees blue, the weather map is electronically
inserted. Richard sees the combined picture on the monitor
to the right of screen. |
I try to make each one different and obviously update then according
to how the weather is expected to change.
In between the forecasts I have to broadcast on five BBC radio
stations as well as provide forecasts for three BBC websites.
I also have a lot of mail to go through each day. People write
to me on various topics - requesting talks, asking what the
weather was like on the day their grandparents got married;
wondering what planets they can see in the night sky.
The list is almost endless. I always make sure I have plenty
to talk about weatherwise, there is nothing worse than being
in front of a camera and having nothing to say.
Fortunately this is not a problem for me. I could talk about
the weather all day. In fact, it is my intention to take over
the whole of Points West with coverage of the weather.
Strangely, the producers of the programme do not seem too keen.
I can’t think why.
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here to read Richard's biography
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here to visit Richard Angwin's World of Weather.
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