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Name Date named Date of impact on UK and/or Ireland Atiyah 06 December 2019 08 - 09 December 2019 Brendan 11 January 2020 13 - 14 January 2020 Ciara 05 February 2020 08 - 09 February 2020 Dennis 11 February 2020 15 - 16 February 2020 Jorge 7 February 2020 (Named by AEMet) 28 February - 01 March

of weather this weekend with a risk of flooding, particularly in parts of England and Wales and also southern Scotland, where snowmelt will add to the flood risk.  “Following Storm Ciara last weekend and further spells of rain this week, the ground is already saturated in places. With Storm Dennis

and a further front will move through on Thursday bringing heavy downpours. Storm Dennis brought wet and windy conditions after what was an unsettled week, with Storm Ciara bringing stormy conditions the weekend before. South Wales saw the most rain from Storm Dennis, with 157.6mm recorded

February. Western upland parts of the UK received 50 to 100mm or more of rain falling on already saturated ground following Storm Ciara the week before. The Met Office issued a Red Warning for rain across parts of South Wales and there was major and widespread flooding. More than the rainfall

.” Storms Ciara and Dennis, hitting the UK only one week apart, were part of the UK’s wettest February on record, and brought devastating flooding affecting many homes and businesses. Most of the UK received more than twice the February long-term average rainfall, with 300% quite widely in the north

“The impacts from Storm Ciara and Dennis earlier this year are still fresh in many people's minds and although it’s too early to anticipate what weather this autumn and winter will bring, we are prepared with a new list of names to help raise awareness of severe weather before it hits.” Evelyn Cusack

. Maximum gust speeds exceeded 50Kt at Aberdaron from 0800 UTC on 7th to 2200 UTC on 8th – a period of 38 hours during which there were three distinct peaks in gust speeds over 60Kt, as apparent in the chart. This relatively prolonged period of high wind gusts was also observed during storm Ciara in February 2020. Author: Mike Kendon, Met Office National Climate Information Centre Last updated 15/12/2021

. “The heavy rain warnings for parts of Wales, South West England and North West England are indicating that some isolated areas of Wales could see as much as 100 mm of rainfall. Storm Jorge is not expected to bring wind gusts as strong as Storms Ciara or Dennis, but it will still bring gusts of 60 to 70

the positive reception of the supercomputer funding announcement; the early forecasting of storms Ciara and Dennis; the preparations for the bi-lateral meeting with ECMWF; and the organisation redesign, noting the proposed location of a number of functions. • Andrew McKean presented the Finance Report

protected 7. Severe Weather WL provided the group with a summary of the weather events experienced since the last meeting with a key focus on storms Ciara and Dennis. WL reminded the group that at the January meeting it was looking possible that that targets for warnings would be missed. However