Storm Dave caused havoc in the North of England overnight, with winds of up to 90mph causing thousands of homes to be left without power and travel to be disrupted
People have come to the same conclusion over Storm Dave, which battered the UK with winds of up to 90mph overnight.
The Met Office issued a yellow weather warning for wind covering parts of north Wales, northern England and southern Scotland between 7pm on Saturday, April 4 until 3am on Sunday, April 5.
Overnight, high winds from Storm Dave battered North Wales particularly badly with gusts of up to 90mph causing chaos in Glynneath and Abergavenny.
The wind led to thousands of houses being without power and travel being disrupted in the area.
The Met Office warning said: “A spell of very strong southwesterly, then westerly winds is expected across north Wales, northern England and southern Scotland on Saturday evening and overnight before easing early on Sunday.
“Gusts of 60-70 mph are possible widely with some coastal or exposed locations seeing gusts of around 80 mph.”
But in the aftermath of Storm Dave, people were puzzled over why the name ‘Dave’ in particular was used, with some saying it would be better as the ‘name of a cat’
In a post on the R/CasualUK community on Reddit, one user said: ” Anyone else think that “Dave” sounds too casual for a storm? Your roof has gone ‘Ah man, cheers Dave!'”
Others replied agreeing with the poster. One person said: “The whole thing of naming storms as though they’re on par with a hurricane is rather silly, so calling one Dave is rather fitting. Also a good name for a cat.”
A second said: “Dave sounds about right for a bank holiday storm to chat about down the pub.”
A third added: “Storm Dave sounds rubbish, but Hurricane Dave would make for a great snooker nickname or pro wrestling persona.”
How do storms in the UK get their names?
Storm names are selected by the Met Office, the UK’s national meteorological service, in partnership with Ireland’s meteorological service, Met Éireann and Dutch national weather forecasting service KNMI.
The three make up the western storm naming group and have been naming storms since 2015. The list runs from September until the following August, to coincide with the start of autumn.
Storms are given a name when they are deemed to have the potential to cause medium or high impacts in the UK, Ireland or the Netherlands.
The impact of strong winds is the primary factor considered, but additional issues such as rain or snow are also considered.
