The Met Office have revealed their list of storm names for the remainder of 2020 and into 2021.
The next storm to hit the UK, Ireland or the Netherlands will be named Aiden, with the likes of Gavin, Julia and Phoebe set to cause chaos in the near future.
However storms will not be called after names beginning with Q, U, X, Y and Z in line with 'international storm naming conventions'.
The Met Office confirmed: "From 1 September, the first storm to impact the UK, Ireland and/or the Netherlands will be named ‘Aiden’, while the second storm will be ‘Bella’. As in previous years, Q, U, X, Y and Z will not be used, to comply with the international storm naming conventions."
Will Lang, Head of the National Severe Weather Warning Service at the Met Office, said: “We are now entering our sixth year of the Name our Storms campaign and we look forward to working closely with our colleagues in Ireland and the Netherlands once again, continuing to raise awareness of the potential impacts of severe weather in order to keep people across our nations safe.
“The impacts from Storm Ciara and Dennis earlier this year are still fresh in many people's minds and although it’s too early to anticipate what weather this autumn and winter will bring, we are prepared with a new list of names to help raise awareness of severe weather before it hits.”
Full list of storm names for 2020 and 2021
- Aiden
- Bella
- Christoph
- Darcy
- Evert
- Fleur
- Gavin
- HeulwenIain
- Julia
- Klaas
- Lilah
- Minne
- Naia
- Oscar
- Phoebe
- Ravi
- Saidhbhin
- Tobias
- Veronica
- Wilson
To find out more, you can visit the Met Office website here.
