Nicola Crosbie is Global Edmonton’s chief meteorologist. She has proudly called the City of Champions her home since the summer of 2005.
Nicola serves up the four-day forecast weekdays during the Noon News Hour; and during the Early News, Edmonton’s only 5.00 PM newscast. She returns at 6.00 PM for the News Hour to update you on the weather where you live, and to deliver her six-day forecast. You can also catch Nicola’s forecasts every weekday afternoon and evening on 104.9 EZ Rock.
Nicola is also the brains behind the new Global Edmonton Ground Force. She has united a team of loyal Global viewers across Alberta to spot extreme weather. When severe weather strikes in their area, the Ground Forcers will report back to Global Edmonton with all the details and the pictures.
Nicola, a former actress and model, immersed herself into television back in 1997 as the media librarian at VTV (otherwise known as Vancouver Television, now CTV British Columbia). She launched her broadcasting career as the traffic anchor on VTV Breakfast, the station’s morning show. Soon afterwards, she began her career as a weathercaster. She eagerly accepted the challenge even though she was already wearing several other hats at the start-up television station.
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Later, Nicola juggled technology reporting and producing a weekly feature called Friday Food. However, after four years on VTV Breakfast, Nicola was lured away to radio to launch a morning talk show. Less than two years later, she returned to the television airwaves as CTV British Columbia’s weekend weathercaster.
Always looking for the next challenge, Nicola enrolled in the Broadcast Meteorology Program at Mississippi State University. Her love and passion for weather was now in full bloom. “I’m a self-described weather weenie,” she jokes. “As a fine arts major and film student, I never dreamed that I would love the science of weather so much. I have truly found my calling!” Nicola’s high marks earned her a degree in broadcast meteorology in August 2006.
She was also the only woman in British Columbia to become a weathercaster endorsed by the Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (CMOS).
After years of living in Vancouver, Nicola and her family are thrilled to be in Edmonton now. “It’s the heart of the action for weather. It’s where I want to be.”
Nicola enjoys giving weather presentations to Edmonton area students and community groups. She is also a committee member and volunteer for Ovarian Cancer Canada, a charity that’s near and dear to her heart.
Outside of work, she’s a busy mom, active runner, fitness enthusiast, and seamstress.
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