Tag Archives: Met Eireann

Spring isn’t the time to wind-up scheme for warning about storm-force winds

Posted on 26 March, 2016 by Met Office Press Office

Ensuring greater public safety and raising awareness of severe weather were two principles at the heart of the thinking behind the Name Our Storms initiative, devised and managed by the UK and Ireland’s National Met Services: the Met Office and … Continue reading →

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Met Éireann names Storm Clodagh

Posted on 28 November, 2015 by Met Office Press Office

The current unsettled spell of weather continues and the low pressure system that is forecast to affect Ireland and the UK on Sunday has been officially named Storm Clodagh by Met Éireann. This makes it the third officially named storm … Continue reading →

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Is the first officially named storm heading towards our shores?

Posted on 6 November, 2015 by Met Office Press Office

UPDATED: 11 NOVEMBER 2015 Storm Abigail has now been officially named and is expected to bring winds in excess of 80mph across the far north of the UK on Thursday evening into Friday and has the potential to cause some … Continue reading →

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Name our storms – we were blown away

Posted on 21 October, 2015 by Met Office Press Office

Now the best of the rest… After receiving thousands of suggestions for names, this week we announced the official list of storm names that will be used for autumn/winter 2015-16. The list ranges from Abigail, through Gertrude and Tegan to … Continue reading →

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