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

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Norman Lynagh
Tideswell, Derbyshire
303m a.s.l.
http://peakdistrictweather.org

On 23/09/15 20:39, 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


This makes me sad ... because ...

Storm = force ten wind

Snowstorm / thunderstorm / rainstorm / hailstorm = self explanatory

Windstorm = absolutely nothing

Brainstorm = what the fools had to come up with 'windstorm'


All in my most humble non-weather-person opinion


Storm in a teacup = this entire bloody stupid idea

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AS
pour encourager les autres

On Wednesday, September 23, 2015 at 4:18:03 PM UTC-4, Asha Santon wrote:
On 23/09/15 20:39, 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


This makes me sad ... because ...

Storm = force ten wind

Snowstorm / thunderstorm / rainstorm / hailstorm = self explanatory

Windstorm = absolutely nothing

Brainstorm = what the fools had to come up with 'windstorm'


All in my most humble non-weather-person opinion


Storm in a teacup = this entire bloody stupid idea

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"Windstorm" is by no means a new concept. It's long been used to describe strong extra-tropical cyclones.

DWD already names them.

Stephen.

Stephen Davenport wrote:

On Wednesday, September 23, 2015 at 4:18:03 PM UTC-4, Asha Santon wrote:
On 23/09/15 20:39, 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


This makes me sad ... because ...

Storm = force ten wind

Snowstorm / thunderstorm / rainstorm / hailstorm = self explanatory

Windstorm = absolutely nothing

Brainstorm = what the fools had to come up with 'windstorm'


All in my most humble non-weather-person opinion


Storm in a teacup = this entire bloody stupid idea

========

"Windstorm" is by no means a new concept. It's long been used to describe
strong extra-tropical cyclones.

DWD already names them.

Stephen.

It seems that individual storms might have two names now. Rather confusing for
Joe Public.

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Norman Lynagh
Tideswell, Derbyshire
303m a.s.l.
http://peakdistrictweather.org

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

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Norman Lynagh
Tideswell, Derbyshire
303m a.s.l.
http://peakdistrictweather.org

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.

Tudor Hughes, Warlingham, Surrey.

"Stephen Davenport" wrote in message
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On Wednesday, September 23, 2015 at 4:18:03 PM UTC-4, Asha Santon wrote:
On 23/09/15 20:39, 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


This makes me sad ... because ...

Storm = force ten wind

Snowstorm / thunderstorm / rainstorm / hailstorm = self explanatory

Windstorm = absolutely nothing

Brainstorm = what the fools had to come up with 'windstorm'


All in my most humble non-weather-person opinion


Storm in a teacup = this entire bloody stupid idea

========

"Windstorm" is by no means a new concept. It's long been used to describe
strong extra-tropical cyclones.

DWD already names them.


It makes me wince a bit too. But happy to go along with the times, after all
in the past we used to label lows e.g. Low C etc on the FAX charts, which
was useful for continuity.

Will
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http://www.lyneside.demon.co.uk/Hayt...antage_Pro.htm
Will Hand (Haytor, Devon, 1017 feet asl)
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"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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http://www.lyneside.demon.co.uk/Hayt...antage_Pro.htm
Will Hand (Haytor, Devon, 1017 feet asl)
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On Thursday, September 24, 2015 at 1:26:18 AM UTC+1, Tudor Hughes wrote:

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.


Of course the biggest of all get their own names anyway. The October 1987 'hurricane', the Burn's Night storm, the Boxing day storm and so on

Col

On Thursday, September 24, 2015 at 9:42:10 AM UTC+1, wrote:
Low Col for northern windstorms

Could be confusing though mas I am already an area of slack winds between pressure systems

Low Larry for those storms that have absolutely definitely not been caused by AGW.

Col

On 24/09/2015 18:48, wrote:
On Thursday, September 24, 2015 at 9:42:10 AM UTC+1, wrote:
Low Col for northern windstorms

Could be confusing though mas I am already an area of slack winds between pressure systems

Low Larry for those storms that have absolutely definitely not been caused by AGW.

LOL!


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Paul Hyett, Cheltenham