First named storm of the season to hit UK will be called Antoni
The Met Office has revealed its new list of names!
Last updated 1st Sep 2022
After the devastation of this year's storms, including Eunice being powerful enough to trigger a rare red weather warning for parts of the UK, the Met Office has released its storm names for 2022/2023.
The list, which coincides with the beginning of Autumn, was first launched in 2015 and starts with Antoni.
How does the list work?
Storms are named when they have the potential to cause an amber or red warning.
Members of the public can suggest names by emailing nameourstorms@metoffice.gov.uk.
A list of possible names are compiled by, the UK Met Office, Irish forecaster Met Eireann and the Dutch national weather forecasting service - KNMI.
This year Daisy, Glen, Khalid and Owain came through e-mail submissions, while Betty won a public vote on Twitter - with more than 12,000 votes cast.
KNMI selected Antoni, Hendrika, Johanna and Loes in honour of famous Dutch scientists and Met Eireann chose Cillian, Fleur, Ide, and Nelly.
Met Office head of situational awareness Will Lang, who leads responses in times of severe weather, said naming storms helped raise public awareness. "We know from seven years of doing this that naming storms works.
“Last year, Storms Arwen and Eunice brought some severe impacts to the UK and we know that naming storms helps to raise awareness and give the public the information they need to stay safe in times of severe weather".
In a press statement, the Met Office said that 98% of those within the red warning area in the South East for Storm Eunice were aware of the warning and 91% of those took action to protect themselves, their property or business.
The next names on the storms list are: Antoni, Betty, Cillian, Daisy, Elliot, Fleur, Glen, Hendrika, Ide, Johanna, Khalid, Loes, Mark, Nelly, Owain, Priya, Ruadhan, Sam, Tobias, Val, Wouter.
You can read more about how storms are named on the Met Office website.
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