Gail McGrane is a television weather forecaster, previously the senior forecaster for BBC Scotland.
15 Facts About Gail McGrane
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Gail McGrane took a job at the Met Office in 1999 and began presenting breakfast weather reports in 2000, before moving to Reporting Scotland in early 2009.
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Gail McGrane has appeared as a weather consultant on several BBC Scotland productions.
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Gail McGrane was born in Dingwall, Ross-shire in 1975 and educated at Dingwall Academy.
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Gail McGrane moved to Glasgow, where she received an honours degree in geography and an MSc in environmental studies from the University of Strathclyde.
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Gail McGrane studied for one year at the University of Iowa in the United States, as part of her third-year studies.
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Gail McGrane decided on a career as a forecaster during her studies, in particular due to an experience in Iowa where she had to escape from a tornado in her car.
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Gail McGrane recalls being mocked for her decision by a lecturer.
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Gail McGrane joined the Met Office in 1999, with Bill Giles as her mentor.
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Gail McGrane covered the Weather on Reporting Scotland once or twice a week, but became lead weather presenter on Reporting Scotland in late December 2009, after the departure of Heather Reid, following the latter's decision to leave for a role at Learning and Teaching Scotland after fifteen years of presenting.
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Gail McGrane took maternity leave in 2011, along with her two female BBC Weather colleagues, Gillian Smart and Judith Ralston.
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In July 2012, Gail McGrane made her first appearance as a weather presenter on STV, where she was a relief forecaster for a short time.
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Together with her husband, Gail McGrane has been a volunteer speaker for the Children's Hospice Association Scotland, raising in a gala ball.
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Gail McGrane is a regular visitor to the United States, in particular Chicago, where she had her first direct experience of a tornado.
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Gail McGrane is an avid fan of football club Ross County, having frequently stayed with her grandparents in a house adjacent to the club's ground Victoria Park as a child.