Is it to late to name this "unnamed" storm now?

I say that because a hyperlink has been added to the "Gertrude" entry on the Met Office Storm Centre. Perhaps they were going to, but now they've changed their mind.

https://xmetman.wordpress.com/2016/0...torm-gertrude/

On Tuesday, 26 January 2016 09:12:47 UTC, xmetman wrote:
Is it to late to name this "unnamed" storm now?

I say that because a hyperlink has been added to the "Gertrude" entry on the Met Office Storm Centre. Perhaps they were going to, but now they've changed their mind.

https://xmetman.wordpress.com/2016/0...torm-gertrude/
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I think the Americans were calling it Jonas.
Hence the foolishness and confusion in naming mid lat storms.


Len
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On Tuesday, 26 January 2016 09:41:21 UTC, Len Wood wrote:

I think the Americans were calling it Jonas.
Hence the foolishness and confusion in naming mid lat storms.

And the Germans are calling it Karin, and if it goes through Scandinavia the Norwegian Met Service will name it. High farce.

Richard

The common man in Copley is calling it Judas, among other things. Whatever the Yanks say is alright with us, they got it first!
Richard, High Farce is a waterfall in Teesdale ;-)
Ken
Copley
Teesdale

On Tuesday, January 26, 2016 at 4:41:21 AM UTC-5, Len Wood wrote:
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I think the Americans were calling it Jonas.


Len
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The Weather Channel was, having unilaterally decided to introduce a naming system for winter storms since the 2012-13 winter, no doubt simply for publicity. Neither the NWS nor most other American meteorologists have adopted it. In fact there is a lot of opposition.

Stephen.

On Tuesday, 26 January 2016 09:41:21 UTC, Len Wood wrote:
On Tuesday, 26 January 2016 09:12:47 UTC, xmetman wrote:
Is it to late to name this "unnamed" storm now?

I say that because a hyperlink has been added to the "Gertrude" entry on the Met Office Storm Centre. Perhaps they were going to, but now they've changed their mind.

https://xmetman.wordpress.com/2016/0...torm-gertrude/
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I think the Americans were calling it Jonas.
Hence the foolishness and confusion in naming mid lat storms.


Len
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Absolutely, one storm, one name. Wherever it forms they get to name it, end off.

On 26/01/2016 09:41, Len Wood wrote:
On Tuesday, 26 January 2016 09:12:47 UTC, xmetman wrote:
Is it to late to name this "unnamed" storm now?

I say that because a hyperlink has been added to the "Gertrude" entry on the Met Office Storm Centre. Perhaps they were going to, but now they've changed their mind.

https://xmetman.wordpress.com/2016/0...torm-gertrude/
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I think the Americans were calling it Jonas.
Hence the foolishness and confusion in naming mid lat storms.


So what happens when a hurricane goes extra-tropical and is significant
enough to be given one of our names? Does it get one or does it continue
to be referred to as 'the remnants of hurricane X' as now?


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Col

Bolton, Lancashire
160m asl
Snow videos:
http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3QvmL4UWBmHFMKWiwYm_gg

few years ago Ivan did just that or one of them did it remained Ivan on both fronts/ Or was that Bertha
Same year if that helps (or maybe it wasn't so it wont.)