On 01/03/2016 20:10, xmetman wrote:
On Tuesday, 1 March 2016 19:25:21 UTC, Alan White wrote:
On Tue, 1 Mar 2016 10:50:57 -0800 (PST), xmetman
wrote:

They (the Met Office) seem to have distanced themselves from it.

Louise Lear mentioned it on the 18:30 BBC1 forecast.

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but when she did, she said that it was named by Met Éireann and not them...

Yes, but that name was chosen months ago (by MÉ), and announced last
October. The MÉ designated it as a storm because it was predicted to
potentially cause disruption to parts of Ireland. Whether it will also
affect the UK as well was/isn't relevant to their decision.