The met office have named storm Henry for Monday warnings for wind and rain are out

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/warnings/#?tab=map&map=Warnings&zoom=5&lon=-3.50&lat=55.50&fcTime=1454284800

A better name for a storm. Who the hell came up with "Gertrude"?!

What is the next one? Ivana

Hooray for Henry (!).

Still a long way from being the winter of 2014 as most of the wind and wet weather has been occurring over the northern half of the UK rather than over the more populated low laying southern half of the country. But on the other hand, it's all still keeping it virtually snowless here at this end where may be time for me to admit that I could be going through a third winter without seeing laying snow (at least last winter there was a snow flurry, which I hadn't missed by blinking). 

Imogen is next

Vacuum Henry is that with it's own turbulence..... ???????

Seriously? How can you take a storm called Imogen seriously.

Perhaps Iris or Isabel would have been more appropriate

Iris? The storm isn't an 80 year old woman! That being said, Storm Gertrude wasn't a cow in the Magic Roundabout, so there you go.

Well the gen means created as in genesis and genetics; and the imo means In Model Output (imo!). The most perfectly named storm ever.

That was Hermantrude.

Actually, given the cyclical nature of both depressions and roundabouts, and given there WAS a Mr McHenry on the Magic Roundabout, it's not such a bad idea. We've missed Dougal, but Zebedee's still in with a chance if the season lasts!

Same difference.

Ermintrude :-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMpu8jH1LE8

Ah- you're going for the Anglo-French version, not the German!

A mis-spelling of Innogene (first committed by Shakespeare in Cymbeline ), the wife of King Brutus, an exile of Troy, who (it is said!) founded London in 1100BC. 

So, a warrior's queen? sounds suitably violent.

Glad I'm not the only one.  We've still got improvised drainage channels all over the place dealing with the run off from saturated ground, then when the temperature drops the whole track to the house becomes a series of slabs like mini glaciers.

Tony S

A potentially life threatening storm with the possibility of 100mph+ gusts on a bulls eye track for mainland Scotland and this thread is just full of posts discussing daft names......very useful! Anyone care to look at some latest charts and assess it for those who it's going to affect tomorrow?

There'd be 20+ pages on here now if it was grazing the south...

Indeed, but 90% of posters suffer from IMBY as do I 

As you say Extremely windy even you lot up in Scotland 

http://modeles.meteociel.fr/modeles/wrfnmm/runs/2016013112/nmmuk-11-36-0.png?31-18 

Imagen if that wind speed was for London? Would be the end of the world 

Instead there'll be 20+ pages discussing the fact that these storms are not discussed very much 😉

In all seriousness this sort of post is understandable but rather repetitive. It has nothing to do with perception or north/south bias, but everything to do with the geographic distribution of the membership and the relative impacts of this sort of storm depending on the area affected. It's a notable storm that occurs three or four times each winter in Scotland, but maybe once every ten years or so in South England. What else do you need to know? 

I take your point entirely and am not one generally to labour this old north/south bias, but I think this one a little exceptional because of where it's hitting on the mainland, it's track and intensity is certainly not a three or four times a winter job. Shetland and Outer Hebs yes, it's a big place Scotland. Worst affected areas Inverness, Elgin...both cities....140-150kph gusts....that's a lot of people. If a thread is started to discuss it then at least there should be some useful input an analysis...I see nothing, yet threads on whether or not there'll be half an inch of snow are like war and peace.....funny lot us weather lovers and certainly far too blinkered by "Nimbyism".