Journey disruption, flooding, energy cuts and harmful situations close to coastal areas are all seemingly when the climate hits, the Met Workplace mentioned.
Two yellow wind warnings masking northern Wales and northern England, together with Cumbria and Northumberland, had been already in place on Thursday (August 22) morning.
Met Workplace spokesman Stephen Dixon mentioned: “Storm Lillian is an space of low strain which goes to be drifting in direction of the UK from the west and bringing some sturdy winds and a few heavy rain within the early hours of Friday and thru Friday morning as effectively.”
Lilian is the newest storm the climate company has named this yr and the primary time meteorologists have gotten as deep because the twelfth letter within the alphabet.
Final yr’s storm season, from September 2022 to August 2023, made it so far as solely the letter B.
Against this, this yr’s season has seen storms named in each month up till January: Agnes in September 2023; Babet in October; Ciaran and Debi in November; Elin, Fergus and Gerrit in December; and Henk, Isha, and Jocelyn in January 2024. Storm Kathleen was in April.
Nevertheless, that there has already been a Storm Nelson this yr has confused some — with the ordering showing to have gone backwards.
Right here is the way it all works.
How are storms given their names?
Storms are named after they may have a medium to excessive influence in Eire, the UK or the Netherlands to be able to make messaging to the general public on the right way to put together for extreme climate simpler. Every service has chosen seven names on the alphabetical checklist (which excludes the letters q, u, x, y and z).
Who decides on the title of a storm?
Anybody can counsel a storm title and the Met Workplace receives 1000’s of concepts every year. It then meets Met Éireann and KNMI to finalise the alternatives.
The Met Workplace receives nominations by way of social media.
Lilian is the twelfth storm named by the Met Workplace this yr. The subsequent might be Minnie – though it has solely now a short while to reach, if in any respect.
- Babet
- Ciaran
- Debi
- Elin
- Fergus
- Gerrit
- Henk
- Isha
- Jocelyn
- Kathleen
- Lilian
- Minnie
- Nicholas
- Olga
- Piet
- Regina
- Stuart
- Tamiko
- Vincent
- Walid
Naming storms helps elevate consciousness to allow the general public to remain protected in harmful climate situations. It helps to “present constant, authoritative messaging in occasions of extreme climate”, in accordance with the Met Workplace.
Met Workplace head of situational consciousness Will Lang, who leads responses in occasions of extreme climate, mentioned: “We all know from seven years of doing this that naming storms works.
“Final yr, Storms Arwen and Eunice introduced some extreme impacts to the UK and we all know that naming storms helps to lift consciousness and provides the general public the data they should keep protected in occasions of extreme climate.”
Mr Lang continued: “Latest impactful storms demonstrated our ongoing want to speak extreme climate in a transparent approach to assist the general public defend themselves. Naming storms is only one approach that we all know helps to lift consciousness of extreme climate and offers readability for the general public after they want it most.”
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