"Colin Youngs" wrote in message
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Why has the low pressure area been given a name?
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It has long been the custom in Germany to give names to depressions and
anticyclones progressing in alphabetical order through the year.

Since 2002 it has been possible to "sponsor" a depression or anticyclone.
You can pay EUR 199 to give your own name - or someone else's - to a
depression

I've been giving my name to meteorlogical features for years,
and they haven't even charged me!
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Col

Bolton, Lancashire
160m asl