ITV Weather is the national and regional forecast shown on UK terrestrial network

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regional bulletin, although during ITV News at 6.30pm national weather is broadcast live from the news studio. Emma Jesson is the longest serving forecaster after 30 years with ITV Weather.

National weather

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National weather sponsors

The national weather for ITV and STV has had commercial sponsors from the outset, as listed in the chart below. ITV Weather on '' Good Morning Britain'' and its predecessors have always had a different sponsorship deal.

Regional weather

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Regional weather sponsors

As with the National ITV Weather, the regional weather forecasts for ITV licence holders have commercial sponsors. These are currently:

Graphics

On 3 October 2016, new graphics were introduced on the National ITV Weather and across all ITV plc-owned regions. These graphics are also used on '' Good Morning Britain'' in their weather updates as well as regional news. STV introduced their own new graphics earlier in 2016.

On-air staff

References

External links

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