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The Met Office said: “The system did not meet the criteria to be named by the Met Office’s storm naming group, which includes Met Eireann and KNMI.” Nevertheless, Storm Herminia battered the UK.
The storm was named Herminia by the Spanish Meteorological Service, while the system did not meet the criteria to be named by the Met Office’s storm naming group, as both France and Spain can ...
Both the likelihood of impact and the potential severity of the system are considered when naming a storm. [12] [9] [13] During September 2015, the United Kingdom's Met Office and Ireland's Met Éireann announced a 2-year pilot project, to name weather systems that were expected to impact either the UK or Ireland.
Storms are named for historical reasons to avoid confusion when communicating with the public, as more than one storm can exist at a time. Names are drawn in order from predetermined lists. For tropical cyclones, names are assigned when a system has one-, three-, or ten-minute winds of more than 65 km/h (40 mph).
The 2023–2024 European windstorm season was the ninth season of the European windstorm naming in Europe. It comprised a year, from 1 September 2023 to 31 August 2024. This was the fifth season where the Netherlands participated (through KNMI), alongside the United Kingdom's Met Office and Ireland's Met Éireann in the western group.
Winds reaching more than 90mph have left tens of thousands of homes without power across Wales and the west of England as Storm Darragh lashed the UK.. Gusts of 96mph have been recorded in some ...
The UK Met Office controversially did not name the storm being called Éowyn (its name in Ireland). Elsewhere it was named: Enol by the South-western group, though of the lesser impact there, and Diana in the most liberally naming, centre and north continental zone.
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