Former BBC Weather presenter Jay Wynne died in June at the age of 56 after a long-term illness, his brother has confirmed to BBC News.<\/p>\n
Wynne joined BBC Weather in October 2000 and was a regular forecaster on BBC News at Ten.<\/p>\n
“Jay had a gift for gentle clarity, making his forecasts for sometimes complex weather systems feel accessible and engaging,” his brother, Matthew, said in a tribute.<\/p>\n
“A keen skier, golfer and musician, Jay enjoyed travelling to pursue his sporting interests,” Matthew Wynne added.<\/p>\n
“We will miss his wisdom, generosity and dry sense of humour.”<\/p>\n
Liz Howell, former Head of BBC Weather sent condolences to his family and friends, and added: “I am deeply saddened to hear this news. <\/p>\n
“Jay blazed a trail to bring greater diversity to weather forecasting and was a pleasure to work with. He had his own distinctive style of presenting the weather story which was very popular with audiences.”<\/p>\n
Wynne’s interest in how the weather works began while he was studying Environmental Geography at the University of Aberdeen, leading him to complete a master’s degree in Applied Meteorology at the University of Reading.<\/p>\n
He told the Radio Times in 2011 that he would often stay up until sunrise after working overnight, to make sure his weather reports for accurate.<\/p>\n
“I have been known to drive around after night shifts, waiting for the sun to come up,” he said. <\/p>\n
“At night, it’s difficult to tell what kind of cloud there is on satellite pictures, so I like to see if I was right. More often than not, I am.”<\/p>\n
Before deciding on his future career in weather, he studied Civil Engineering at university, dropping out two years into the course.<\/p>\n
He then worked on a North Sea offshore oil rig for three years as a technician, before going back to university to study Environmental Geography.<\/p>\n
As part of his environmental research, he was able to travel widely, exploring South-East Asia.<\/p>\n
Wynne also worked as an English teacher in Fukuoka, Japan before studying for his masters degree.<\/p>\n
His Met Office training involved a six-month secondment at RAF Northolt and lasted 14 months in total.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former BBC Weather presenter Jay Wynne died in June at the age of 56 after a long-term illness,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":132347,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":["post-132346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132346","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132346"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132346\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/132347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}