James Dale Bacon (born 22 June 1950) is a British television weather forecaster, who appeared on national forecasts (BBC1) in the 1980s, with his distinct East Anglian accent.
After leaving the BBC he took over as a Design and Technology technician in South-east London.
He went to primary school in Feltwell in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, near the Suffolk boundary in the south-west[1] of Norfolk, then attended Thetford Grammar School.
Whilst at London, he worked for national television and radio as a forecaster, in the days of magnetic symbols.
In 1986 he left national television to join the Anglia TV weather forecasting team, where he worked until 1997.