Storm Jorge is fast approaching.
By Newsquest Digital Content Team Storm Jorge is the third to hit the UK in a month (Getty Images)
Storm Jorge is forecast to track across the North West of the UK before clearing on Saturday afternoon. Jorge’s apparent jumping of the alphabetic queue has left many asking how the naming system works. #StormJORGE AEMET the Spanish Met service have name a low pressure which will affect the UK this weekend. Wind warnings for northern Spain with widespread rain = #borrascaJorge. The named storm Jorge is heading towards Devon and Cornwall with heavy rain and winds of up to 70mph expected.. Spain's Met Office, AEMET, gave it the name which is a common boys name … There are UK warnings for heavy rain already. Brexiteers are apparently livid that Storm Jorge – which is currently battering the UK – doesn’t have a more "British" name. According to the Met Office, Storm Ellen was due to be the next name for a low pressure system fulfilling their named-storm criteria – after Storm Ciara and Storm Dennis brought devastating deluges earlier this … UK and US Storm names? The Met Office UK explain on their website: "The Spanish meteorological service, part of the south west Europe storm naming group, named Storm Jorge on Thursday (27th). "It is convention for all other national meteorological services to then use that name when referring to the low pressure. Why Storm Jorge came after Storm Dennis - how are the names chosen and by who? To avoid any confusion over naming, if a storm is the remnants of a tropical storm or hurricane that has moved across the Atlantic, the well-established method of referring to it as, e.g. Storm Jorge will bring heavy rain across the UK on Friday, with between 60mm and 80mm likely to fall in higher areas. Because the Spanish meteorological service named the storm on Thursday, it is convention for all other national services to use that name, the Met Office said. Storm Jorge is bringing heavy rain and strong winds to the UK, causing yet more disruption to flood-hit areas. We will only use names that have been officially designated by the National Weather Service in the US. 'Ex-hurricane X' will continue.
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