Cover star: BBC weatherman Tomasz Schafernaker on the cover of Attitude Active magazine
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In the day job: Suited and booted at the BBC
It's all a far cry from the fusty respectability of Michael Fish and Bill Giles.
But this is current BBC weather presenter Tomasz Schafernaker as you have never seen him before.
He shocked corporation bosses after he turned up in a gay magazine in a pair of skimpy shorts.
It is understood that while someone at the Met Office had been informed of the article, BBC bosses were completely unaware.
he first thing they knew was when they were told by readers of Attitude magazine about the pictures of the toned-up meteorologist.
Mr Schafernaker's makeover stunned staff who were unaware of his impressive physique, which is usually kept well-hidden under his suit.
A weather centre insider said it was a question of 'minor hot water' for not informing the corporation of the magazine article.
The source said: 'Eyebrows were raised big time. You have to look to see that it is him. The boy was transformed into a swan.
'Let's just say that everyone is seeing Tomasz in a different light now. But we are worried that when people are watching the weather when Tomasz presents they will not be able to concentrate on watching the symbols.'
Attitude features both straight and gay men in the magazine.
Mr Schafernaker appeared as the cover star of Attitude Active, the health special which came with this month's magazine.
The article said that underneath his suits and shirts sported on TV, lay the secret - 'Tomasz Schafernaker is ripped'.
It also said 'undressed he is the specimen you see before you, all pecs and ripped abs.'
The Polish-born presenter, 31, usually fronts the weather reports on The One O'Clock News and has appeared across the BBC networks.
He famously had to apologise in 2007 when on BBC1 he referred to the Outer Hebrides and Western Isles as 'nowheresville'
Last summer on Radio 4 Schafernaker jumbled his words and accidentally said 'muddy shite' for Glastonbury instead of 'muddy site'.
He then giggled on and off throughout the rest of the forecast.
In his interview with the magazine he told Attitude Active: 'I get myself into trouble every now and then but the producers are very forgiving and I thank them for it. I love working with the team.'
Schafernaker was born in Gdansk but came to the UK as a child.
On the BBC's weather website is is said that he developed a 'keen interest' in weather and the natural sciences at a young age 'despite his strongest abilities in the arts and crafts'.
He obtained a degree in meteorology from Reading University. During his studies he spent a short time at Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences analysing tropical weather data.
The presenter joined the BBC in 2000 as a broadcast assistant and months later got his first go at presenting at the age of 22. This made him the youngest man to present on BBC Weather.
He gained more experience by working as a civil forecaster for a year at Met Office London as well as ITV before returning to the BBC.
According to the BBC website he lives in west London with his two housemates and enjoys jogging and his local gym.
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