"2015–16 UK and Ireland windstorm season The 2015–16 UK and Ireland windstorm season was the first instance of the United Kingdom's Met Office and Ireland's Met Éireann naming extratropical cyclones. The season started on 10 November with the naming of Storm Abigail and ended on 28 March with the dissipation of Storm Katie. With a total of eleven named storms, the 2015–16 season is the most active to date. Storms are named when they are forecast to cause hazards due to high winds by either organisation. The season is most notable for the amount of rainfall which fell over the"
"Earlier in 2015, the Met Office and Met Éireann announced a pilot project to name wind storms and asked the public for suggestions. The full list of names, common to both the UK and Ireland, chosen for future selection are: Abigail, Barney, Clodagh, Desmond, Eva, Frank, Gertrude, Henry, Imogen, Jake, Katie, Lawrence, Mary, Nigel, Orla, Phil, Rhonda, Steve, Tegan, Vernon and Wendy. A storm will be named when it is deemed able to potentially cause ""substantial"" impact on the UK or Ireland. They will be taken from the list, in alphabetical order, alternating between male and female names. This is"
"Winter storm naming in the United Kingdom and Ireland The United Kingdom's Met Office, in collaboration with its Irish counterpart Met Éireann, decided to introduce a storm naming system following the St Jude’s day storm on 27–28 October 2013 which caused 17 deaths in Europe and the 2013–14 Atlantic winter storms in Europe to give a single, authoritative naming system to prevent confusion with the media and public using different names for the same storms. The first windstorm to be named was Abigail on 10 November 2015. The objectives behind the decision were to: The names will be used on"
"the same naming convention as that used for tropical cyclones in the United States. Where weather events result from ex-tropical storms or hurricanes, the original name allocated by the National Hurricane Center in the US will be used. Storm Abigail Cyclone Abigail (also known as Storm Abigail) was the first storm to be officially named (jointly) by the Met Office of the United Kingdom and Met Éireann of the Republic of Ireland, on 10 November 2015. It brought high winds, rain, lightning, and wintry showers across the north and northwest of Scotland. On 10 November, a Chief Meteorologist at the"
"Storm Abigail Cyclone Abigail (also known as Storm Abigail) was the first storm to be officially named (jointly) by the Met Office of the United Kingdom and Met Éireann of the Republic of Ireland, on 10 November 2015. It brought high winds, rain, lightning, and wintry showers across the north and northwest of Scotland. On 10 November, a Chief Meteorologist at the Met Office said: ""There remains some uncertainty regarding the exact extent and timing of strongest winds but current forecasts suggest that this storm could have some medium impacts such as disruption to transport and so a warning has"
"names for 2015, common to both the UK and Ireland, chosen for future selection are: A storm will be named when it is deemed able to have a ""substantial"" impact on the UK or Ireland. They will be taken from the list, in alphabetical order, alternating between male and female names – the same naming convention used by the United States for tropical cyclones. In the case of storms resulting from ex-tropical storms and hurricanes, the original name allocated by the US National Hurricane Center will be used. Met Éireann name any storm which triggers a status orange or red"
"Institute named the storm ""Simone"", based on the Swedish name day list. The European Windstorm Centre, a UK-based forecaster, gave the storm the name ""Carmen"". The Danish Meteorological Institute referred to it as the October storm 2013 (""Oktoberstormen 2013""), but it was later named ""Allan"" per request from the Minister for Climate, Energy and Building, Martin Lidegaard. Confusion over the name of the storm, particularly in the United Kingdom and Ireland, and subsequent severe impact, led the Met Office and Met Eireann to later start officially naming European windstorms, starting with the inaugural 2015–16 season's first system, Storm Abigail. A"
"named Ophelia by the NHC, transitioned from tropical to extratropical and was expected to hit Ireland and the UK as a hurricane-strength windstorm, the Met Office and Met Éireann allowed it to retain its NHC-designated name instead of naming it Brian. (Only Aileen had previously occurred in the season.) A storm will be named when it is deemed able to have a ""substantial"" impact on the UK or Ireland. They will be taken from the list, in alphabetical order, alternating between male and female names – the same naming convention that is used by the United States for tropical cyclones."
"of names was released on 11 September 2018 for the 2018–19 season. Names in the UK will be based on the National Severe Weather Warning Service, when a storm is assessed to have the potential for an Amber 'be prepared' or Red 'take action (danger to life)' warning. There are two main naming lists, created by the national meteorological agencies of the United Kingdom and Ireland, and France, Spain and Portugal respectively. Additionally, former Atlantic hurricanes will retain their names as assigned by the National Hurricane Center of the United States, as happened with Storm Helene in September. This will"
"used. This happened when Ex-Hurricane Ophelia hit both Ireland and the UK in October 2017 despite Brian being the next scheduled name on the list. The less common letters Q, U, X, Y and Z will not be used, in common with the US hurricane warning system. In September 2015, the two Met offices consulted the public via a """"Name our storms"""" campaign and chose the first batch of names. Winter storm naming in the United Kingdom and Ireland The United Kingdom's Met Office, in collaboration with its Irish counterpart Met Éireann, decided to introduce a storm naming system following"
"events that may affect transport infrastructure and endanger people's lives. In March 2008, the system was improved and a new stage of warning was introduced, the 'Advisory'. In September 2015 the Met Office established a ""name our storms"" project, the aim is to provide a single authoritative naming system for the storms that affect the UK and Ireland by asking the public to suggest names. On 10 November, the first named storm was Abigail. The main role of the Met Office is to produce forecast models by gathering information from weather satellites in space and observations on earth, then processing"
"by the two forecasters was launched as """"Name our storms"""" which sought public participation in naming large-scale cyclonic windstorms affecting the UK and/or Ireland over the winter of 2015/16. The UK/Ireland storm naming system began its first operational season in 2017/2018. An independent forecaster, the European Windstorm Centre, also has its own naming list, although this is not an official list. During 1954, Karla Wege, a student at the Free University of Berlin's meteorological institute suggested that names should be assigned to all areas of low and high pressure that influenced the weather of Central Europe. The university subsequently started"
"Storm Eva Storm Eva (also called Chuck, Staffan and other names) was the fifth named storm of the Met Office and Met Éireann's ""Name our Storms"" project. Heavy rainfall from Eva occurred around three weeks after Storm Desmond had brought severe flooding to parts of Northern England, exacerbating the ongoing situation. The low pressure was named Chuck by the Free University of Berlin and Staffan by the Swedish Meteorological Institute. Eva was the fifth storm to be officially named by Met Éireann on 22 December 2015. An orange wind warning was issued for counties Clare, Galway, Mayo, Sligo and Donegal"
"both the UK and Ireland. A new list of names was released on 19 September for the 2016–17 season. Names in the UK will be based on the National Severe Weather Warning Service, when a storm is assessed to have the potential for an amber 'be prepared' or red 'take action' warning. Comparison of strongest gusts associated with each storm in the UK and Ireland. Storm Angus was named on 19 November, with southern and southeast England, especially along the Channel coast expected to be the greatest affected areas as the storm moves northeast on 20 November. The storm was"
"Aileen, formed on 12 September. The season also featured Hurricane Ophelia, which impacted the Azores, Portugal and Spain, before it transitioned into an extratropical cyclone and impacted the United Kingdom and Ireland. Storm Brian struck Ireland less than a week later, resulting in three further fatalities. In 2015, the Met Office and Met Éireann announced a pilot project to name storm warnings as part of the ""Name our Storms"" project for wind storms and asked the public for suggestions. The meteorological offices produced a full list of names for 2015–16 and 2016–17, common to both the UK and Ireland. A"
"Late on November 13, the remnants merged with a larger extratropical cyclone. Between November 15 and November 16, the remnants of Kate affected the United Kingdom and Ireland. Across Wales, high winds downed trees and heavy rain flooded roadways. The following list of names was used for named storms that formed in the North Atlantic in 2015. The names not retired from this list will be used again in the 2021 season. This was the same list used in the 2009 season. The name Joaquin replaced Juan after 2003, but was not used in 2009; therefore, it was used for"
"popularly. The season began on 16 September with the naming of Storm Helene, a former Atlantic hurricane, by the Met Office and Met Eireann; however, as it weakened considerably while approaching the British Isles, all warnings for Helene were discontinued on 18 September. Later that day, the second storm of the season, Storm Ali, was named by the Met Office and Met Eireann with the issuance of amber wind warnings for the following day. The third storm of the season, Bronagh, was named on 20 September; the earliest third named storm in a season since naming began. The season was"
"From 1950 to 1952, Atlantic hurricanes were named using the Joint Army/Navy Phonetic Alphabet. Before the 1953 season, officials changed the system to using female names; hence, Alice was the first in the new format. Male names would not be used until 1979. The name ""Alice"" was later reused twice in 1954 for a hurricane in June and December, as well as for a hurricane in 1973. Tropical Storm Alice (1953) Tropical Storm Alice was the first tropical cyclone in the Atlantic Ocean to receive a female name. It was a rare off-season tropical cyclone that hit Central America, Cuba,"
"French-Spanish-Portuguese naming co-operations are gaining more and more importance. Furthermore, besides of the 3 internationally recognised naming systems (the two European co-operations and the FUB system), many European countries (Norway, Finland, Denmark etc.) give their own names to cyclones. One of the 16 storms of the season (Cora/Aku) has not been named by the 3 main naming systems, instead it was called ""Cora"" in Norway and ""Aku"" in Finland. The 2017–18 UK and Ireland windstorm season began on September with storm Aileen, which brought strong winds to Scotland and Northern England on 13 September. Aileen then moved out to North"
"of was also reported on the coastlines of Spain and France. No major damage, fatalities or injuries were reported as a result. The following list of names was used for named storms that formed in the North Atlantic in 2016. The names not retired from this list will be used again in the 2022 season. This was the same list used in the 2010 season, with the exceptions of Ian and Tobias, which replaced Igor and Tomas, respectively. The name Ian was used for the first time this year. On March 26, 2017, at the 39th session of the RA"
"nor'easter. A few of the winter storm names used by March 2013 include Athena, Brutus, Caesar, Gandolf, Khan, and Nemo. For the 2013-2014 season, The Weather Channel published a list of 26 more names to be used for winter storms, with the name Atlas as the first name of the season. On October 2, 2014, The Weather Channel released 25 new names with the 26th ""W"" to be voted on by viewers. Since then, various names have been chosen by The Weather Channel for each subsequent winter season. The U.S. government-operated National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) (a division of"
"the first and only time this year. On April 25, 2016, at the 38th session of the RA IV hurricane committee, the World Meteorological Organization retired the names ""Erika"" and ""Joaquin"" from its rotating name lists due to the amount of damage and deaths they caused, and they will not be used again for another Atlantic hurricane. They will be replaced with ""Elsa"" and ""Julian"", respectively, for the 2021 season. This is a table of all of the storms that have formed during the 2015 Atlantic hurricane season. It includes their names, duration, peak strength, areas affected, damage, and death"
"were used for the first (and only, in the case of Alicia) time this year. In the spring of 1984, at the 6th session of the RA IV hurricane committee, the World Meteorological Organization retired the name ""Alicia"" from its rotating name lists due to the amount of damage and deaths it caused, and it will not be used again for another Atlantic hurricane. ""Alicia"" was replaced with ""Allison"" for the 1989 season. This is a table of the storms in 1983 and their landfall(s), if any. Deaths in parentheses are additional and indirect (an example of an indirect death"
"in the spring of 2015. The names not retired from this list will be used again in the 2020 season. This is the same list used in the 2008 season with the exception of Amanda, which replaced Alma; the name Amanda was used for the first time this year. For storms that form in the Central Pacific Hurricane Center's area of responsibility, encompassing the area between 140°W and the International Date Line, all names are used in a series of four rotating lists. The next four names slated for use are shown below. Two names, ""Wali"" and ""Ana"", were used."
"For instance, the Norwegian weather service also names independently notable storms that affect Norway, which can result in multiple names being used in different countries they affect, such as: An alternative Scottish naming system arose in 2011 via social media/Twitter which resulted in the humorous naming of Hurricane Bawbag and Hurricane Fannybaws. Such usage of the term Hurricane is not without precedent, as the 1968 Scotland storm was referred to as ""Hurricane Low Q"". The UK Met Office and Irish forecasting service Met Éireann held discussions about developing a common naming system for Atlantic storms. In 2015 a pilot project"
"tropical storm intensity before making landfall in northern Costa Rica on November 18; the system dissipated later that day over land. The following names were used for named storms (tropical storms and hurricanes) that formed in the North Atlantic in 1973. Storms were named Christine, Delia, Ellen and Fran for the first time in 1973. Due to the relatively minimal impact caused by storms during the season, no names were retired in the spring of 1974; however, due to the addition of male names in 1979, the list was removed and replaced with a new set of names. Fran, Kate,"
"storm Caroline on 5 December to affect Scotland on 7 December, with a yellow warning for wind, which was upgraded on 6 December to an amber warning for the Western Isles, Northern Isles and northern Scotland. Met Éireann issued a yellow warning for wind to the counties of Donegal, Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Sligo, Clare and Kerry. Storm Ana was the first storm to ever be officially named by Météo-France, Aemet and IPMA. It formed on 10 December as an area of low pressure that underwent explosive cyclogenesis to the northwest of Iberia passing through the Bay of Biscay into France"
"an extratropical cyclone. The remnants of Katie were last observed the following day. The following names were used for tropical cyclones that reached at least tropical storm intensity in the North Atlantic in 1955. However, two of such storms went unnamed. Storms were named Brenda, Connie, Diane, Edith, Flora, Gladys, Hilda, Ione, Janet and Katie for the first (and only in case of Connie, Diane, Ione and Janet) time. Names not assigned are marked in gray. ""Connie"", ""Diane"", ""Ione"", and ""Janet"" would later be retired. The 1955 season is tied with the 1995, 2004, and 2017 seasons for the most"
"Cyclones Anne and Christina Cyclones Anne and Christina were a pair of winter storms that affected western Europe several days apart in early January 2014. The storms brought storm surges along the coasts of France, Ireland and the United Kingdom on high spring tides a month after Cyclone Xaver brought surges during the previous peak tides to northern Europe. The low pressure was named Anne by the Free University of Berlin on 1 January. Some media referred to Anne as the ""Moon Storm"". The Anne storm was deepened by the powerful jet stream, one of a series of lows which"
"2015. However, communications from the Met Office indicated that Eva's only direct impact on the UK was strong winds and a band of rain during 23–24 December 2015. By 26 December Storm Eva was located over the far north of Norway. The persistent heavy rain from 25–27 December was caused by a subsequent slow moving depression and frontal zone. Despite red warnings for rain being issued by the Met Office on 26 December 2015, no name was given to this depression since there were no warnings issued for wind. Frank was the sixth storm to be officially named by the"
"northern England. Ferries operating between Dublin and Holyhead were cancelled due to bad weather on the Irish Sea. Storm Eva Storm Eva (also called Chuck, Staffan and other names) was the fifth named storm of the Met Office and Met Éireann's ""Name our Storms"" project. Heavy rainfall from Eva occurred around three weeks after Storm Desmond had brought severe flooding to parts of Northern England, exacerbating the ongoing situation. The low pressure was named Chuck by the Free University of Berlin and Staffan by the Swedish Meteorological Institute. Eva was the fifth storm to be officially named by Met Éireann"
"As in the 1950 season, names from the Joint Army/Navy Phonetic Alphabet were used to name storms this season. The first hurricane of the season, Able, formed prior to the official start of the season; before reanalysis in 2015, it was once listed as the earliest major hurricane on record in the Atlantic basin. It formed on May 16 and executed a counterclockwise loop over the Bahamas; later it brushed the North Carolina coastline. Hurricane Charlie was a powerful Category 4 hurricane that struck Jamaica as a major hurricane, killing hundreds and becoming the worst disaster in over 50 years."
"of 2012, which includes damages relating to Cyclone Ulli. Cyclone Andrea Cyclone Andrea was an intense European windstorm that affected western and central Europe in early January 2012. Closely following Cyclone Ulli, the first named storm of 2012 formed SW of Iceland, moving down into the North Sea affecting UK, Netherlands, Denmark and Germany. All low-pressure areas that affect Europe are named by the Free University of Berlin. The Free University of Berlin have six lists of names which they use each year. Every even year they use female names, while every odd year they use male names. Across the"