Elon Gust and Dame Judi Drench among storm names sent to Met Office

Elon Gust and Dame Judi Drench are among the names that have been submitted to the Met Office for UK storms.

The public has been able to suggest names every year since 2015 but only about 20 are usually chosen.

Others that have been put forward include: Stormy McStormFace, Keir Stormer, David Blowy, Storm Prince Andrew, Bruce Spring Storm, Fifty Shades of Rain, and Stormzy.

The names were revealed by a Freedom of Information request to the Met Office.

"Some of the names are really clever and funny and we enjoy seeing them suggested," said the forecaster.

"However, we couldn't ever use comedy names for our storms, because at the heart of it, naming storms has an important safety purpose."

More than 50,000 suggestions were submitted for the 2025/26 season.

Those chosen are: Amy, Bram, Chandra, Dave, Eddie, Fionnuala, Gerard, Hannah, Isla, Janna, Kasia, Lilith, Marty, Nico, Oscar, Patrick, Ruby, Stevie, Tadhg, Violet and Wubbo.

Chandra hit the UK and Ireland at the end of January and Dave is next on the list.

However, with spring on the horizon, Dave and many of the other names may not get a look in.

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Storms are named when they could have a medium (amber alert) or high (red alert) impact on the UK, Ireland or the Netherlands.

The three countries' national forecasters jointly come up with the list.

Spain, Portugal, France, Belgium and Luxembourg come together to name storms in southwestern Europe, while Denmark, Sweden and Norway do the same for the far north.

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