"Tudor Hughes" wrote in message
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On Wednesday, 23 September 2015 20:39:23 UTC+1, Norman wrote:
The Met Office and Met Eireann are to collaborate in naming British Isles
windstorms this winter. Details at


http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/news/rel...ame-our-storms

What's wrong with the old system (Low L, High D etc) and why was it
dropped? Practically anything that had a couple of closed isobars was given
a letter. I think Low S was reserved for the semi-permanent heat Low over
Spain in summer. A simple and useful system for tracing movement and
development.
The new system,apparently only awards names to "significant" storms.
What are the names going to be? Peoples's names? Wild animals? Elements of
the Periodic Table? Stops on the Bakerloo Line? All a bit silly even
though the Germans have been doing it for some time, to my mild amusement.
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They are to be named after USW contributers:
Low Will for Channel runners
Low Ken for North Sea plungers
Low Col for northern windstorms
Low Graham for lows coming up from the SW
Low Nick for lows missing the south coast giving sunny skies there
Low Dave for slow moving lows over Essex
Low Norman for those producing blizzards
Low Stephen for those of an unusual origin
and Low dawlish for the really nasty big ones
:-)

Will
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