Storm Alan.... perhaps

From the Met Office website.

The Met Office is inviting the public to submit their suggestions for storm names for the upcoming 2025/26 season, and although we’re currently talking about heatwaves, we’re appealing for you to think about storm naming too. The naming initiative helps the media, and the public communicate about the impacts of severe weather events more effectively.

Now in its eleventh year, the Met Office works with Met Éireann in Ireland and KNMI in the Netherlands, to compile the list.

Will Lang, Chief Meteorologist at the Met Office, said: “We all remember the impactful storm names of recent years. Whether it’s Eunice, Franklin, Bert or another impactful event, the storm naming system has helped us communicate weather to help people stay safe.

“Now we need the UK public to help us compile this year’s list. Whether you want to honour a weather-lover in your family, remember a family pet or get a friend’s name in the headlines, we welcome submissions from the public to help us pull together next year’s list of storm names.”

“We name storms because it works. For Storm Éowyn in January, the UK’s most powerful windstorm for over a decade, post-event surveys suggest that 99% of people within the red warning area were aware of the warnings, and 89% of them took action.”

“I’d therefore encourage the public, schools, workplaces and just about everyone, to get involved in something that may seem light-hearted, but has a very serious message.”

For full information and how to submit your name nomination (before 3 July)
visit the Met Office website here
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Image: Alan Parkinson, shared on Flickr under CC license

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