Published: 2018-12-20
Though British weather forecaster Manali Lukha started her career as a software programmer, her passion for meteorology led her to become a head of ITV Weather. She also developed the weather-related software for the Football Association (FA) and joined the Met Office Media Centre in 2000.
She became promoted to manage the Met OfficeMedia Team and provided the weather update to ITV and Channel 4. She also forecasts weather on London Today and London Tonight .
Head of ITV Weather Manali Lukha savors a married life with Daniel. The pair met each other while attending the Keele University. She and her husband tied the knot in August 2006 enrobing the Indian dress. During their seventh wedding anniversary on 13 August 2013, they went for lunch at the historic Cliveden in Berkshire near London.
The couple embraced their first child, a son named Ruban in October 2012. The family-of-three often like to relish their visit. Manali and her husband Daniel went for a jet ski trip in Key West, Florida in August 2018.
She has taught Ruben about the Indian traditions. In August 2018, the duo of mother-and-son beamed on Instagram showing their Indian dress.
Manali Lukha, age 43, is a British weather forecaster for ITV Weather. Payscale reports that the average salary of ITV employee is £36,000 per year. Given Manali's status as an ITV head, she is likely generating some high amount of revenues in her name.
Since 2010, she is a relief presenter for ITV weather and also forecasts weather for the programs like London Today and London Tonight . As per Payscale, weather forecaster earns an average salary of $46,024 per year, and their yearly income ranges from $27,327 to $82,526. In 2011, she became a relief forecaster for the Scottish ITV Station, STV.
Manali Lukha, who was born in 1975 in the United Kingdom, celebrates her birthday on 7 March. During her young age, she was an avid musician and used to play the clarinet and saxophone. However, she gave up playing the music and cites it as the 'biggest mistake of her life.' The head of ITV Weather's origin lies towards Great Britain. She and her parents celebrated the early-Chrismas in December 2011 with a Sunday roast.
When the weather forecaster pursued her education at the Keele University, she rarely missed the class lecture and enjoyed an active social life. She received a degree in Geology and completed her master's in Geographical Information Systems. She then started as a software programmer and developed software for the Football Association (FA).
Manali holds mixed ethnicity (Caucasian, Asian/Indian, and possibly others) and carries British nationality. The former software programmer, who made life-long friends in Keele University, stands at the casual height. As per wiki, Manali's favorite moment while attending the college was dressing up as the formal balls.