Today we have naming of Storms

Today 2 days ago . . . Met Éireann, UK Met Office and KNMI Koninklijk Nederlands Meteorologisch Instituut have been in bed together as a storm naming co-op. Since 2017, France, Spain or Portugal are in another consortium, upon whc Belgium and Luxembourg are coat-tailing. This allows for warnings about floods and gales in Tarragona or Toulouse when things are comparatively benign in Tullamore. The last named storm which affected Ireland in the 2024-2025 season was Floris on 5th August and he was a lot less windy than tree-felling Darragh or Éowyn ( a record 184km/h at Mace Head Co Galway on 24Jan25). 

Hurricane Erin was a) nothing to do with the NL/IE/UK list b) a bit of a damp squib when she passed NW of Donegal later in August.

On 1st September, the tabula is raza and we get a new set of names to crank through: Amy, Bram, Chandra, Dave, Eddie, Fionnuala, Gerard, Hannah, Isla, Janna, Kasia, Lilith, Marty, Nico, Oscar, Patrick, Ruby, Stevie, Tadhg, Violet, Wubbo. Met Éireann is responsible for choosing those in green. Take it from me, there won't be any Storm Steve or Storm Wubbo this cycle! There just aren't enough name-worthy storms in any year.

More weather newses: after a long droughty Spring and Summer we have had two rainy fronts come in from The Atlantic - one passing through even at the moment of launch - which has refilled all our containers. Full report on 08Sep25.

Naming of parts (easing the spring)