Barbara Edwards (meteorologist)
- Barbara Edwards (meteorologist)
Barbara Edwards became the BBC's first female television weather presenter in January 1974. She joined the Met Office in 1957 where she edited and published meteorological publications, until 1962. She worked as a weather forecaster from 1963 and 1970 when she moved to the London Weather Centre where she did forecasting for commerce and industry. Edwards also appeared from January 1974 until June 1974 on BBC Television. She also took on BBC Radio duties throughout the 1970s when she left the Met Office in 1980.
She is the aunt of expatriate Claire Martin who presents weather nationally in Canada at CBC Television.
External links
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/bbcweather/forecasters/barbaraedwards.shtml Biography of Barbara Edwards]
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