The Met Office is giving the public a chance to name storms affecting the UK and Ireland, in an attempt to create greater awareness of "major weather threats".
People are being encouraged to send their suggestions via Facebook and email, or on Twitter using the hashtag #nameourstorms.
A Met Office spokesman said: "There is no system at the moment for naming storms. It is random and you can get the same storm being given different names by different forecasters.
"This is what leads to confusion in the media and the public and why we are piloting an official system."
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St Jude's Storm in 2013 has been cited as a good example of how names can help people can prepare for a weather event.
Obviously people are already having fun with the hashtag on Twitter, and there have been plenty of suggestions involving current topics and cultural references:
#nameourstorms Surely it's time for a Hurricane Hopkins? @KTHopkins pic.twitter.com/U1Uzq2FigE
— Martin Daubney (@MartinDaubney) September 8, 2015
#nameourstorms Baldrick - so we can all say "sod off Baldrick!"
— Clare P (@cp53a) September 8, 2015
@metoffice #nameourstorms Mainwaring, Jones, Wilson, Pike, Frazer, Godfrey, Walker, Cheeseman, Hodges and Farthing. #fullhouse #DadsArmy
— Stephen McClure (@frantic_gold) September 8, 2015
Things got political:
#nameourstorms We need good British names, like Hurricane Austerity, Typhoon Disappointment and Tropical Storm Passive Aggression.
— Mark Clay (@MarkRClay) September 8, 2015
Storms tend to do loads of damage to our country and innocent people, so many 'Iain Duncan Smith' #nameourstorms
— W (@WWarped) September 8, 2015
#nameourstorms Jeremy Corbyn
— tom (@tommgask) September 8, 2015
Gideon Osborne #NameOurStorms @metoffice
— Sarah (@thesaharadesert) September 8, 2015
John, Paul, George, Ringo #nameourstorms
— Joanna Geary (@JoannaUK) September 8, 2015
And inevitably everyone started making the same joke
can our first named storm be "Ena Teacup" ..... please ..... just to amuse me every time I hear it #nameourstorms
— Lee Mark Davies (@LeeMarkDavies) September 8, 2015
#nameourstorms In A Teacup
— Freya (@speelingmstake) September 8, 2015
teacup, In a #nameourstorms
— AC (@ProfChux) September 8, 2015
Hurricane Tetley if it's a storm in a teacup. Unless it's a Typhoo-n of course. #nameourstorms
— Will Cameron (@willicm) September 8, 2015
Do you have any better suggestions? Let us know in the comments below
