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Susan Powell (born ) is a broadcast meteorologist for the
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. She broadcasts on the
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, and she is a main weather reporter on the
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and
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. She was previously a main weather reporter on the
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Early life and education

Powell grew up in the village of
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in
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, where she attended Aylestone High School and
Hereford Sixth Form College Hereford Sixth Form College is a co-educational state funded sixth form college in Hereford, England. It offers over 40 subjects at A-Level and 10 at GCSE. It is on the A465 in Aylestone Hill, in the east of Hereford, opposite Wye Valley Nuffie ...
. She studied chemistry at the
University of Swansea Swansea University ( cy, Prifysgol Abertawe) is a public university, public research university located in Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom. It was chartered as University College of Swansea in 1920, as the fourth college of the University of Wales. ...
. She stayed on to complete a
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in
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with the support of the steelmaker Corus. Following this she did much travelling on the job, going to
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, Australia, Fiji,
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, and the
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. In her travels she went skiing, swam with
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s, went
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and met friends. On her return she worked for Corus before joining the Met Office as a trainee broadcast
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Broadcasting career

Following intensive training she joined the
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Centre in April 2001, presenting her first telecast in November 2001.


References


External links


Susan Powell Profile
BBC Weather Website {{DEFAULTSORT:Powell, Susan Powell, Susan BBC World News Living people Alumni of Swansea University Year of birth missing (living people)