The three countries that are part of storm group Nord have not yet had a common public list of names, as prescribed by the European meteorology network Eumetnet, but have now developed one that will come into effect at the turn of the year.
"The fact that the names are coordinated and do not need to be produced in real time will make it easier for the weather institutes. But it is not always the case that the new list of storm names will be used for storms and severe weather in Sweden. If a storm already has an established name before it reaches us, it will not be renamed," says Eva Strandberg, head of the meteorological forecast and warning service at SMHI, in a press release .
Countries have different criteria for whether a storm should be named or not, which means that the list may be used to varying degrees and on different occasions, according to SMHI.
The list of names, which has been drawn by lottery, consists of personal names that have not been used before and are easy to pronounce in Sweden, Norway and Denmark. When the list is exhausted, a new one is drawn because the same name cannot be used for a storm more than once.
Here are the new common names: Anna, Björn, Cecilia, Daniel, Elena, Filip, Gunilla, Hugo, Ida, Johan, Karin, Lukas, Miriam, Noah, Olivia, Pelle, Ronja, Sture, Tonje, Urban, Vilma and Ymer.
Source: SMHI
