Storm Huntley

Huntley's first name was chosen from a combination of her mother reading a novel where the lead had this name (A Sparrow Falls by Wilbur Smith) and an electrical storm outside on the day she was born.{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170304175807/http://glasgow.stv.tv/articles/277607-stv-glasgow-launch-night-introducing-storm-huntley|archive-date=4 March 2017|url=http://glasgow.stv.tv/articles/277607-stv-glasgow-launch-night-introducing-storm-huntley/|title=STV Glasgow launch night: Introducing Storm Huntley|publisher=Scottish Television|date=2 June 2014|access-date=3 February 2018|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}} Her grandmother refused to use this name for some time.{{cite news|url= https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/real-life/tv-weathergirl-storm-huntley-unusual-3904999|title= TV weathergirl Storm Huntley on her unusual moniker, fashion and new role on STV's Riverside show|newspaper=Daily Record|date=24 July 2014|accessdate=3 February 2018}}

As a toddler, she accidentally poured a kettle of boiling water over herself, causing permanent scarring to her arm, shoulder and neck; she chooses clothing to conceal the scars.

Raised in Bishopbriggs in the northern part of Greater Glasgow, she attended Bishopbriggs High School{{cite news|url= https://www.kirkintilloch-herald.co.uk/news/storm-lands-her-dream-job-with-stv-glasgow-1-3501501|title= Storm lands her dream job with STV Glasgow|newspaper=Kirkintilloch Herald|date=6 August 2014|accessdate=3 February 2018}} before taking a degree in politics and economics from the University of Glasgow in 2008. She became involved in the university station's Subcity Radio as well as hospital radio,{{cite magazine|url= http://sourcemagazine.org.uk/became-tv-presenter-storm-huntley-cbbc/|title= How I Became a TV Presenter: Storm Huntley, CBBC|magazine=Source Magazine|date=27 April 2016|accessdate=3 February 2018}} spent time in London with a local community radio company (OnFM) and took a postgraduate diploma in broadcast journalism from the London College of Communication.

After a period of unpaid work experience, she found work as a researcher with BBC Scotland, became increasingly interested in weather reporting and took a short meteorology course with the Open University.

In June 2014 Huntley joined STV's new local STV Glasgow channel, presenting weather forecasts and features on its evening daily Riverside Show.

Since 2015, Huntley has been involved in three shows on British terrestrial television - the seasonal CBeebies show Down on the Farm and The Wright Stuff and its replacement Jeremy Vine. Down on the Farm was nominated for a BAFTA Scotland Award in 2016.{{cite web|url=http://www.bafta.org/scotland/awards/ceremony/nominees-winners/british-academy-scotland-awards-nominees-in-2016|title=British Academy Scotland Awards: Winners in 2016|publisher=BAFTA Scotland|date=6 November 2016|accessdate=11 February 2018}}

On Channel 5's daily live morning phone-in debate programme The Wright Stuff and its 2018 replacement Jeremy Vine, she is a co-host, screening and introducing callers to the hosts Matthew Wright and Jeremy Vine and reading out viewer correspondence. Since June 2023 she hosts her own solo show from 11:15 (when Vine leaves for his midday BBC Radio 2 programme) through to 12.40, in which she continues the viewer interaction on the topics of the day.

Around 2016, Huntley was in a relationship with Glaswegian actor Daniel Portman, noted for his role as Podrick Payne in Game of Thrones (2011-2019). Together, they attended the London premiere of The Revenant (2015).{{cn|date=March 2025}}

On 30 October 2020, Huntley announced her engagement to Kerr Okan, lead vocalist of The LaFontaines.{{cite web|url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/lafontaines-singer-kerr-okan-proposes-22934228|title= JLS singer Kerr Okan proposes to TV stunner Storm Huntley with huge engagement ring|website=dailyrecord.co.uk|date=30 October 2020|access-date=7 June 2021}} They married on 2 September 2021 on the banks of Loch Lomond. Huntley gave birth to their son, Otis, on 11 July 2022.{{cite web|url=https://metro.co.uk/2022/07/19/jeremy-vine-co-host-storm-huntley-introduces-baby-son-on-channel-5-17027683/|title=Jeremy Vine co-host Storm Huntley introduces newborn son on TV for the first time and brings everyone to tears|website=metro.co.uk|date=19 July 2022 |accessdate=27 September 2022}} In September 2024, Huntley announced that she is expecting her second child, a girl. She discussed her experience with gestational diabetes. Her maternity leave started on 10 March 2025.{{cn|date=March 2025}}

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• [https://www.channel5.com/jeremyvine Jeremy Vine] official site
• [https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/shows/down-on-the-farm Down on the Farm] official site
• [http://daamanagement.co.uk/clients_detail.asp?id=465 Client profile] at DAA Management

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