Jon Mitchell started work with the Met Office on leaving school in 1978.
The finished product was a work of art that took three solid hours sitting at a desk to complete."
His first televised TV forecast was when he was asked to stand in for Bob Rust.
Mitchell also presented the national ITV Weather forecasts, between 2006 and 2008, on occasions when their team were not available.
[2][3][4] Mitchell resides in Burley in Wharfedale, a small village near Bradford, West Yorkshire, England with his wife and two daughters.