"Alex Stephens Jr" wrote in
:

I did elabourate within the thread that it was hurricane force winds I
was refering to. The header was a bit of an attention grabber I must
admit. I've never quite understood why North Atlantic storm systems
don't have their own one word term, instead of wordy
mouthfulls."extratropical cyclones", "North Atlantic storm" etc.
"Lows", "depressions", or "storms" seem rather vague.
How about "Bigwind".

Hi Alex

Extratropical cyclones are commonly known as "windstorms" in the insurance
industry. Names taken from the DWD's analyses. Hence "Windstorm Erwin" hit
us over the weekend. Okay, so it may not be a great terminology, but it this
helps to separate things from hurricane / typhoon / tornado - even though
all these are effectively wind-storms!

Cheers
Richard