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Storm Clodagh

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hollyisalovelyname · 29/11/2015 11:20

Clodagh- a nice Irish name for a girl. Who gets to choose the name of the storm?

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GreenPotato · 29/11/2015 11:22

I thought the public had been invited to submit names. So far we have some appropriate names :) - Abigail (a big gale) and Barney. Clodagh maybe because it sounds like clouds?

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Behooven · 29/11/2015 11:24

I think it may have been named by the Irish weather people although I could be making that up

Anyone remember Clodagh Rodgers?

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ChippyOikInAWowGuna · 29/11/2015 11:31

Somebody with a clipboard and a masters in storm formation patterns fancies a woman called Clodagh.

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hollyisalovelyname · 29/11/2015 13:21

I remember ( very vaguely) Clodagh Rogers.
There was an Irish dress designer called Clodagh.
I think she made it big (ger) in the States.
I presume it was the Irish Met service that named this one.
Do the 2 Met Services take it in turns?

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notsomanky · 29/11/2015 13:36

A large sycamore has just blown over in the gardens opposite us! Not sure of the damage yet, its fallen across gardens and garages.

Really windy here. Greater Manchester.

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MsAdorabelleDearheartVonLipwig · 29/11/2015 14:06

Thick emoticon - how do you pronounce Clodagh?

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Buttwing · 29/11/2015 14:18

Clow (rhymes with blow) da.Smile

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MsAdorabelleDearheartVonLipwig · 29/11/2015 14:21

Oh right, thanks, that was simpler than I thought it would be. Grin

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Siwi · 29/11/2015 14:25

All the way thru .the Trollope book I have read it as Clodak.

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SwedishEdith · 29/11/2015 14:28

"Meaning of the Irish name Clodagh..named after the river Clody"

Sounds like cloudy? Or could be sounds like Blowed a gail?

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notsomanky · 29/11/2015 14:58

Gusts of 80 mph recorded in some parts of Greater Manchester. Roof blown off shops and roads local to me closed by fallen trees!

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hollyisalovelyname · 29/11/2015 18:22

Pronounced Clo dah

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AuntieStella · 29/11/2015 18:25

Thread about how the storms were named:

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/baby_names/2491155-Name-that-storm

Includes full list of this batch of names (warning, includes Nigel).

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