The Storm With No Name
Heavy rain and very windy overnight, followed by a mostly dry and windy day with sunny intervals.
Temps: Min: 5.5; Max: 9.6*.
Rain: 20.9 mm. Pres: 1013.1 mb.
*Daytime max. 10.5 was reached overnight.
The winter of 2015/2016 has seen the UK and Irish weather departments apply alphabetical names to storms reaching a certain level of severity. Although some people have suggested this is not necessary, the reason given is that if the storm has a name then the public will take more notice of its existence and therefore take precautions if necessary.
The meteorological department in Exeter decided that the storm that hit this area on Tuesday night and Wednesday was not worthy of being given a name.
The damage caused and disruption to travel in this area was greater than most of the named storms that have gone before during this winter, so questions have been asked as to why this storm wasn't named. One of the reasons given from Exeter was that the strong winds associated with this storm were from the north-west as opposed to the more normal south-west! Don't ask me!
My personal opinion: If the office is going to name storms in the first place, then that leads the public to think that any unnamed depressions etc that may come our way are going to be less severe than named storms.
That sends out incorrect information, which directly determines whether precautions are taken.
There must be consistency in this, because if not, the naming of some storms only, could end up being more dangerous than not naming any.
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