Storm Fionn overturned a car in Belfast. Emails between the national forecasting service and the UK Met Office have revealed differences over how the yearly list of serious weather events was decided. The correspondence, released under freedom of information, showed Irish meteorologists took issue with a British suggestion that a storm be called Patrick. “The name ‘Patrick’ is a bit cliche-Irish (and also of course closely associated with a specific date, March 17) so suggest Peter or Paul instead here?” Gerald Fleming, who has retired as Met Éireann’s head of forecasting, said. Last August the Met Office…

Source: The Times February 12, 2018 00:02 UTC