Career
He presented forecasts on British Broadcasting Corporation News, British Broadcasting Corporation World News, British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 4, British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 2, British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 5 Live and British Broadcasting Corporation One. He was also a regular weather presenter on the British Broadcasting Corporation News at Ten and the British Broadcasting Corporation News at Six, having previously forecast on the British Broadcasting Corporation News at One. According to his LinkedIn page, since December 2014, McElwee is a senior weather presenter for First Rate (at Lloyd's) Jazeera.
He gained an Higher National Certificate in maths, statistics and physics from Reading College of Technology (now called Reading College).
Rob joined the Met Office in 1982 working as a weather observer, spending most of the next eight years observing the weather on the Army Air Corps base of Netheravon on the Salisbury Plain. Following this, he trained as a forecaster and worked at airbases in East Anglia.
He joined the British Broadcasting Corporation Weather Centre in May 1991, making his first appearance in July. He is a Fellow of the Royal Meteorological Society.
Rob presented his final forecast on BBC1 on 10 January 2011, during which he forecast rain with chances of snow for most of the United Kingdom. He ended the forecast saying, ""Till then, a bit of snow still.
That"s it from medical That"s it from me, really. Goodnight." He was moved to backroom forecasting duties by the Met Office as part of a cost-cutting exercise.