Storm Names

 I heard  Storm Amy being mentioned about three weeks ago. I googled to find out why it began with A - because I thought it would only begin with A in 2026.

This is what I found...............

But it turns out they start with A in September which is the start of storm season. The names are chosen by The Met Office, Met Eireann (Irish Meteorological Service) and KMNI which is the Netherlands Meteorological Institute. These storms are the ones likely to have medium to high impact on the three countries. Seven choices for names from each country by public suggestion. 

Apparently Storm Amy was forecast a few weeks ago but wasn't actually named by the Met Office. It brought strong winds on 14th September to Scotland and the local newspapers called it Storm Amy - but it seems it wasn't strong enough to be officially named.

Here's a link for next year when names for 2026 -27 can be submitted 

Meanwhile today is the  29th of the month, St Michael's Day or Michaelmas........ the day with many weather sayings attached.

If St Michael brings many acorns down Christmas will cover the fields with snow. 

As many days old as the moon is on Michaelmas Day, so many floods 

shall we have after. 

If there is snow at Christmas that will be a big surprise, but there certainly is a huge crop of acorns this year to fall if it's windy today. The new moon was on the 21st so we should expect eight floods before the end of the winter - oh dear.

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