Storm names revealed by Met Office as winter looms
The Met Office received thousands of suggestions from the public earlier this year.
A new list of storm names for 2019/20 have been revealed after thousands of suggestions from the public.
The Met Office and Met Éireann, along with new partner KNMI, announced the names on Friday.
The name our storm campaign, which has helped raise raise awareness of the potential impacts of severe weather in Britain and Ireland before it hits, was first introduced by the Met Office and Met Éireann (the meteorological service in the Republic of Ireland) in 2015.
Last year's storm names included Ali, Bronagh, Callum, Idris, Peggy, Ross and Saoirse.
Now in its fifth year, the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), the Dutch national weather forecasting service has also joined.
Earlier this summer thousands of suggestions were received from the public after asking people to send in ideas for future storm names.
The final list has been compiled from these suggestions, choosing some of the more popular names along with names that reflect the three nations diversity.
The full storm list for 2019/20 is as follows.
A - Atiyah
B - Brendan
C - Ciara [pron. Keera]
D - Dennis
E - Ellen
F - Francis
G - Gerda
H - Hugh
I - Iris
J - Jan [pron. Yan]
K - Kitty
L - Liam
M - Maura
N - Noah
O - Olivia
P - Piet
R - Róisín [pron. Rosheen]
S - Samir [pron. Sameer]
T - Tara
V - Vince
W - Willow
Derrick Ryall, associate director of public weather service at the Met Office said: "We were delighted with the public response to our call for names earlier this year and are really pleased storm naming has been embraced by press, media and public to better communicate the potential impacts of severe weather so people are better prepared, when it matters."