Kirsty McCabe was born on 10 July 1975 and 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.
12 Facts About Kirsty McCabe
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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.
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Kirsty 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.
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Kirsty McCabe completed the first part of her forecaster training at the Met Office college in 2004 and her advanced forecaster exams in 2005.
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Kirsty McCabe then presented forecasts across a number of BBC outlets, including BBC News, Radio 4, BBC World News and BBC One.
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Kirsty McCabe was a main weather presenter for BBC News at One and occasionally presented the weather on BBC Breakfast.
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In September 2010, Kirsty McCabe joined GMTV replacement programme Daybreak on ITV Breakfast as a weather presenter and environment correspondent alongside Lucy Verasamy.
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On 7 February 2012, it was announced Kirsty McCabe had left Daybreak.
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Kirsty McCabe was the senior meteorologist for The Weather Channel UK's office from January 2015 to May 2016, broadcasting via weather.
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Kirsty McCabe married South African architect Renato Marchio in July 2008.
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Kirsty McCabe gave birth to son Ethan on Christmas Day 2010, and to a second son Logan on 7 May 2013.
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Kirsty McCabe's third child Ava was born on Valentine's Day 2018.