Francis Alfred Wilson, FRMetS, CMet (Chartered Meteorologist),[1] (born 27 February 1949)[2] is a Scottish-born weather forecaster, from Buckinghamshire, who was a presenter and the Head of Weather on the BBC's Breakfast Time and Breakfast News from 1983 until 1992, and Sky News from 1993 until 2010.
[7] He graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics from Imperial College London, taking a meteorology module in his last year.
In 1978, he joined Thames TV as weatherman, where he wore jeans, and an open-necked shirt, which gained him much fan mail, possibly for the audacity or novelty.
He reads the Shipping Forecast on the track "North Sea Oil", and the spoken introduction to "Dun Ringill".
In 1998, Wilson was invited to Morocco by Sir Richard Branson to advise on meteorological conditions for his Virgin Earth Challenge balloon attempt.