We've had Aileen, Dylan and Hector but this winter you're more likely to hear about Bronagh, Gareth and Idris.

The Met Office has announced the storm names for 2018/19, chosen from a list of suggestions submitted by the public.

The list is created jointly by the Met Office and Met Éireann (the meteorological service in the Irish Republic), and was first introduced in 2015 in a bid to raise awareness of severe weather before it hits.

Evelyn Cusack, Head of Forecasting at Met Éireann, said: “The last 12 months have seen some extreme weather around the Globe as well as here at home. While it is too early to say whether the coming winter will be a stormy one or a quiet one we are prepared with a whole new set of 21 names for whatever nature may throw at us. As before, Met Éireann forecasters will work in close co-operation with our colleagues from the Met Office in the UK to keep all the peoples of these islands warned of impending severe weather."

Derrick Ryall, Head of Public Weather Services at the Met Office, added: “Naming storms has been proved to raise awareness of severe weather in the UK, providing a consistent message to the public and crucially prompting people to take action to prevent harm to themselves or to their property.”