Peter Gibbs

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Peter Gibbs is a BBC Weather forecaster, appearing regularly on BBC One and BBC News 24.

Peter Gibbs graduated from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne in 1979 with an Honours degree in Physics and Geography. He worked at the British Halley base on the Brunt Ice Shelf for two years from October 1979. He made routine observations of the weather and helped to maintain the base.

When he returned to the UK in 1982 he joined the Met Office the next year as a forecaster in training. He spent several years forecasting at RAF Honington in Suffolk and on the Benbecula an island in the Outer Hebrides, where he forecasted for the Army missile range.

His television debut as a forecaster was with BBC Norwich's Look East in 1993, and he moved to the BBC Weather Centre to join the BBC World team in October 1997. He began forecasting for other BBC channels in November 1998 and he now broadcasts across all BBC channels.

He enjoys walking, cycling, and sailing with his family.