Gerald Fleming was born on 20 November 1957 and is an Irish former meteorologist and weather presenter.
14 Facts About Gerald Fleming
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Gerald Fleming joined Met Eireann in 1980 and worked as co-ordinator of the RTE Television weather team.
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Gerald Fleming served as Head of Forecasting in Met Eireann until his retirement in December 2017.
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Gerald Fleming is involved with the World Bank and travels all over the world helping other countries improve their weather stations.
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Gerald Fleming was born in County Wexford, where he still lives today.
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Gerald Fleming is married to Mary Duggan, an architect, and has three children and one grandson.
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Gerald Fleming has been involved with the Wexford Swimming Club, Leinster Swimming, and the Wexford Arts Centre.
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Gerald Fleming earned a Bachelor of Science in Experimental Physics.
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Gerald Fleming moved to the Glasnevin base two years later.
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Gerald Fleming gave his first weather forecast in July 1985.
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Gerald Fleming has served as Chairperson of the International Association of Broadcast Meteorology and co-chair of the First World Conference on Broadcast Meteorology.
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Gerald Fleming has chaired the Expert Team on Media Issues for the World Meteorological Organisation and since 2005 has been Chair of the Public Weather Service Delivery Programme Group for WMO, and a member of the Management Group on the WMO Commission for Basic Systems.
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Gerald Fleming was Head of the General Forecasting Division in Met Eireann until December 2017, when he retired.
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Gerald Fleming was a regular contributor to Mooney on RTE Radio 1.