#NameOurStorms low pressure naming this Autumn

[Weather-history]

Met Eireann and the UK Met Office have just announced a pilot scheme to name significant low pressure systems this autumn/winter. They are looking for name suggestions.

 

Thought we'd start here, with any preliminary ideas -

Daisy and Poppy or Bawbag II  ?

 

More information here

http://www.netweather.tv/index.cgi?action=news;storyid=6867;sess=

or 

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/news/releases/archive/2015/name-our-storms

IMO, Jo this is a bad idea. Unfortunately, I can only see the tabloid media exploiting this with more histrionic headlines and with humorous overtones such as Windy Wendy to give UK a good blow or Bertie is going to let rip.

[Nick L]

IMO, Jo this is a bad idea. Unfortunately, I can only see the tabloid media exploiting this with more histrionic headlines and with humorous overtones such as Windy Wendy to give UK a good blow or Bertie is going to let rip.

 

Yep, really not a fan of this either.

[Captain Shortwave]

Yeah it does seem like a stupid idea to be honest. It seems to be an attempt to try and make our weather seem more extreme in relation to the more tropical climates where major tropical depressions actually form.

[Jo Farrow]

I think mostly it is to engage the media especially the social media  as a way of communicating the weather warning message. It is for the masses

[Daniel*]

Barry

Boris

[Mike Poole]

I'm waiting for:

 

Atlantic Storm Nathan - ramped as Storm of the Century by the Daily Express, making landfall as a slight breeze and a bit of drizzle.

[Woollymummy]

Esp silly if our storm is remnant of previous hurricane, you would have to choose a name which would become a surname

e.g Bertha Bawbag II

[Daniel*]

It is just a bit of fun it makes Atlantic depressions a lot easier to distinguish furthermore with it trending on the social networking sites it will get more folk interested in weather with its complexities I see no bad in this.

[Marty G]

Hurricane Kal

[Flash bang flash bang etc]

Fishy

[lassie23]

Poppy Chops :ninja:

[Flash bang flash bang etc]

Amstrad

[skifreak]

in Scotland it's going to be Bawbag IV, Bawbag V, Bawbag VI... 

[Mokidugway]

In the northwest ,drizzle one two and three ...

[cheeky_monkey]

Wayne Kerr

[Relativistic]

Don't the press unofficially name the storms anyway? St. Jude for example.

[Rustynailer]

Careful with the names we don't want to scare the children, how about tropical storm "BUNNIES"

[Roger J Smith]

Maybe the lower the pressure, the more letters in the name? That way, we will have mostly Toms, Dicks and the occasional Harry, when what we actually want is a good solid Montgomery.

[Lauren]

Flatulence.

Teacup.

Eye Of The

[Methuselah]

Willy?

[Roger J Smith]

Donald -- a real hair-raiser.

 

 

[Methuselah]

Donald -- a real hair-raiser.

Donald, where's yer troosers?

[Rustynailer]

There is a volcano somewhere called "Kick em' Jenny"  I think, something like that,

 

Seems to be better in principle than 87 Storm or 63 Winter, you know, just a number...., more memorable perhaps, we will see.

[Flash bang flash bang etc]

What about 'Bouncer' or 'Helen Ramsay'?

[Yarmy]

Looking at the model output, we'll run out of names in about 3 weeks.