August 29th 2024.
Last week, the winds and sea spray of Storm Lilian could not stop the brave children of Liverpool from enjoying the Crosby Beach promenade. But little did they know, the storm names for the upcoming year have been announced and they could soon be facing the likes of Bert, Kayleigh, and Naoise wreaking havoc in the UK.
The Met Office has just released the list of storm names for the 2024/2025 season, starting in September to coincide with the beginning of autumn. This tradition of naming storms began in the UK in 2015, although it has been a common practice in the US for much longer. It helps with communication about severe weather, making it easier for people to track its impact and warn others. Just last week, Storm Lilian hit the UK, which was actually the tail end of Hurricane Ernesto, bringing strong winds of over 70mph to the northern parts of England and Wales.
So who will we see gracing our weather systems in the coming months, and is your name among them? The full list of 21 upcoming storm names includes Ashley, Bert, Conall, Darragh, Eowyn, Floris, Gerben, Hugo, Izzy, James, Kayleigh, Lewis, Mavis, Naoise, Otje, Poppy, Rafi, Sayuri, Tilly, Vivienne, and Wren.
Although Storm Nelson caused some traffic congestion in Cheshire last March, we also had some nice weather, like at Bournemouth Beach in Dorset yesterday. In the outgoing year, there were twelve named storms, each following the alphabetical order. This year, we reached the letter L with Storm Lilian, but unless we have a particularly stormy year, we may not get to see Storm Wren.
The list of names was released after a stretch of sunny weather towards the end of the summer holidays, with temperatures reaching 28°C in the south east. The UK Met Office works with the Irish Met Eireann in Ireland and Dutch weather service KNMI to come up with the names. Some notable choices from the UK are James, Lewis, and Mavis, all honoring important figures from the Met Office's 170-year history.
Excitement is building up as the latest storm names for the 2024/2025 season will be released tomorrow. What names are you hoping to see on the list? Let us know using the hashtag #StormNames. The forecaster revealed that James is named after Group Captain James Stagg, the chief meteorologist who advised General Dwight Eisenhower on the weather forecast for the D-Day landings. Lewis was chosen in honor of Lewis Fry Richardson, who developed a theory to use maths and physics to make weather forecasts using computers. And Mavis was named after Mavis Hinds, who played a crucial role in the early days of Met Office computers.
Will Lang, who leads the Met Office's severe weather responses, expressed his excitement for this year's list, saying: "As we celebrate our 170th birthday, it's great to be able to honor those who have had an impact on our long history of pioneering weather and climate science services." With the storm names all set, we can't wait to see what kind of weather these names will bring us in the upcoming year.
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