People in Milton Keynes invited to come up with names for future UK storms

    Does your Uncle James move like a whirlwind? Does your best friend cause an impact wherever they go? Now you can give them the recognition they deserve, by naming a storm after them.

    The Met Office is searching for the next round of names ahead of the next storm season, and the public is once again being asked for their input.  

    In partnership with Met Éireann and KNMI, the forecasting services for Ireland and the Netherlands respectively, the group has been naming storms together in recent years in order to help the media and the public communicate more effectively about the impacts of severe weather events.  

    As part of the naming process, each of the three meteorological organisations gets to name selected letters in the alphabet, reflecting the diversity of the three countries naming the storms. Names are selected for each letter of the alphabet, except for Q, U, X, Y and Z, in keeping with storm naming conventions.  

    This year, the Met Office is asking people in the UK to submit their suggestions for consideration via its website.

    People can submit as many suggestions as they choose and also have the option of adding a reason for their suggestion to help it in consideration. The Met Office will then choose from some of the most popular names suggested.  

    Once the storm names are all submitted, the Met Office will work with Met Éireann and KNMI to determine the definitive list of storm names for the 2021/22 storm season, which will begin at the start of September 2021.  

    When the criteria for naming a storm are met, either the Met Office, Met Éireann or KNMI can name a storm, providing it hasn’t already been named by another European meteorological group. 

    Submissions are open now for the next round of storm names and can be submitted through the Met Office website. Entries will close on the 28 June 2021. 

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