Amy, Bram and Chandra: north Atlantic winter storm names announced | Met Office

Meteorologists from the United Kingdom, Ireland and the Netherlands announced this year the names of winter storm of the North Atlantic, chosen after 50,000 suggestions were submitted by the public.

Amy, Bram and Chandra will be the first named storms of winter 2025-2026, the Met Office announced on Monday.

The Met Office, as well as its partners, and the national Dutch weather forecast service, KNMI, began to appoint storms in 2015 to raise awareness and help people prepare for weather. The climate crisis changes weather conditions, intensifying the extremes of the wind in certain parts of the United Kingdom, which also become more sensitive to floods.

The storms of the North Atlantic are named alphabetically, missing Q, U, X, Y and Z. The names of names are submitted by the public, and the factors considered by meteorologists in the choice of a name include the difficulty of pronouncing, that it has different meanings in different countries, or could be controversial.

Amy was the most popular female name submitted to the United Kingdom, while Dave was suggested in tribute to “my beloved husband who can ronfify three times stronger than any storm”.

Isla was the most popular name for I, with many submissions on little girls who “leave chaos in their awakenings”, while Violet was subjected in honor of a girl “just as fierce and unstoppable as a storm” after being born at 27 weeks while her mother was not well, said the Met Office.

Stevie’s choice for S was inspired by a little girl named after Stevie Nicks of Fleetwood Mac for the song of the Dreams group, which includes the line: “Thunder occurs only when it rains.”

Pets have also appeared in nominations, with a cat, Oscar, described as a “good boy, but crazy when he gets zooms”.

The other storm names, which extend at the beginning of September, when the probability of low -pressure systems and the potential of storms serious enough to be named, are Eddie, Fionnuala, Gerard, Hannah, Janna, Kasia, Lilith, Marty, Nico, Patrick, Ruby, Tadhg, Violet and Wubbo.

The northern Atlantic name – the United Kingdom, Ireland and the Netherlands – name storms when they have the potential to cause an average impact high in the three countries. Wind speed is the main decisive, but the impact of rain and snow is also taken into account.

In the past year, from September to August, six storms were appointed, reaching the letter F with Storm Floris last month.

The January storm Eowyn has been one of the most serious to strike the United Kingdom and Ireland in the last decade, said the Met Office, with winds of 100 MPH (160 km / h) recorded. Three people died and there were cups and general damage across Ireland, Scotland and Man Island.

Rebekah Hicks, the deputy chief meteorologist at the Met Office, said: “Naming Storms is not just about giving them a label, it is a question of ensuring that people take note.

“When a storm has a name, it becomes easier for the media and the public to talk about it, share information and prepare … it’s a simple step that can make a big difference.”

Storm name suggestions can be submitted at any time on the Met Office website.