Kaddy Lee-Preston

Kaddy Lee-Preston
Born	1978 (age 38–39) Yorkshire
Occupation	weather forecaster
Children	1x daughter
Website	http://www.kaddy.tv

Kathryn "Kaddy" Lee-Preston (born 1978), is a British meteorologist and broadcaster.

Born in Yorkshire, "Kaddy" was a nickname she gained while growing up in Saudi Arabia She was educated at Bradfield College and Reading University

She trained as a meteorologist at the Met Office, spending time as a forecaster for various gas & electricity companies and football teams. She was also a weather forecaster for war zones for Harrier planes at RAF Cottesmore.

She joined BBC South East in September 2001, as part of the launch team for South East Today, describing herself as a "weather bird". Aside from weather presenting, Lee-Preston also presented the regional current affairs series Inside Out. In early 2007 she won the Royal Television Society Best Regional Personality award for the South.

After a cut in BBC regional funding, which resulted in her being dropped from Inside Out and replaced by newsreader Natalie Graham, she left BBC South East on 30 March 2012. In part replaced by Tomasz Schafernaker, since 19 September 2012 she has worked with the network on a freelance basis.

She gave birth to her first child, a daughter, on 9 December 2014.

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