What is the storm called? How storms get their names
Floris, Hugo, Tilly and Wren are among the new storm names for the 2024/25 season.
Why does the Met Office name storms?
Now in the tenth year of the Name Our Storms campaign, the system aims to raise awareness of severe weather before it hits. Storms are named when they cause a medium to high impact, with names often being chosen for light-hearted reasons.
The list runs from the start of September to the end of August the following year to coincide with the start of autumn and the end of summer.
What are the Met Office storm names for 2024/2025?
The storm names are: Ashley, Bert, Conall, Darragh, Eowyn, Floris, Gerben, Hugo, Izzy, James, Kayleigh, Lewis, Mavis, Naoise, Otje, Poppy, Rafi, Sayuri, Tilly, Vivienne and Wren.
No storms begin with the letter Q, U, X, Y and Z to comply with the international storm naming conventions.
Names on the list are selected from a shortlist of favourites submitted by the public. There are also a few Dutch names on the list, after KNMI, the national weather service of the Netherlands, became part of the western storm naming group in 2019.
Met Office Head of Situational Awareness Will Lang, who leads responses in times of severe weather, said: "This is the 10th year of us naming storms and we do it because it works. Naming storms helps to make communication of severe weather easier and provides clarity."
The first storm of the year will be called Ashley, followed by Bert and Conall.
How does the Met Office name storms?
The storm names are suggested by the public and then compiled by the three National met services.
The Met Office, Met Eireann and KNMI collate the list together.
To find out more about Name Our Storms you can visit the Met Office Storm Centre.
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