Nina Ridge
Nina Ridge is a British weather forecaster on the BBC.
Early life
She was born Nina Humphries. Her great-grandmother was Sylvia Payne.
She grew up in the west of Kent, and went to a girls' grammar school. She studied Mathematics with Management Studies at the University of Leeds. She did a PGCE at the University of Bristol, and is a qualified Maths teacher.
Career
She initially taught Maths and PE at her old school for two years.
BBC
She joined the BBC Weather Centre in December 2001, after seeing a job advert in The Guardian. She has also appeared on Stargazing Live [1] She presented forecasts for national TV on BBC One until August 2015, and now covers occasional forecasts for BBC South East.
Personal life
Her husband John, is a serving officer in the Royal Engineers. She married John Ridge in June 1999 in Kent. She has four children, including sons in April 2006 and December 2008, and daughters in June 2009 and June 2004.