JACK SCOTTWeatherman Jack Scott, who died on 11 November, 2008, aged 85, was a meteorologist who presented weather forecasts on the BBC during the 1970s and Thames Television in the '80s.He was best known for being the first weatherman to use magnetic symbols on a map of the UK to illustrate the latest forecasts.Born in County Durham, he joined the Met Office in 1941 and assisted at RAF stations in the Shetland Isles, North Africa and Malta during the war.In 1968 he decided to try his hand at television and soon became one of the BBC's most familiar faces.In the 1950s and 1960s he worked at RAF Watnall, now the Nottingham Weather Centre, and then in Nairobi, Kenya, and at an RAF base at Uxbridge, near London.Now a household name, he left the BBC and the Met Office in 1983, at the age of 60. He joined Thames Television and broadcast for ITV until 1988.During his time hosting weather bulletins after the news, he also made regular appearances discussing the weather on the BBC’s Pebble Mill and on the radio.His screen credits include a television series, Under the Weather, and a Channel 4 magazine show for pensioners called Years Ahead.Mark Byford, BBC deputy director-general, said: "Jack Scott was a pioneer in weather forecasting on television."He was such a familiar face to millions of people around the UK."He had the wonderful gift of authority and knowledge matched by a warm and accessible style."Our sympathies go out to his family and we thank Jack for his own legendary contribution to British broadcasting."He died after a battle with cancer.Jack Scott’s wife, Marrion, died in 2000. He was survived by a son, David.
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