Why are we going from Storm Malik to Storm Corrie?

[Kite22]

Just that really.
I thought storms were named, going through the alphabet, letter by letter, in turn.

[DowntonCrabby]

Malik was named by the Danes, Corrie has been discovered by and named in the UK.

[OhYouBadBadKitten]

Corrie wasn't discovered by the UK, that's not how forecasting works, but it was as you say named by the Met Office as it met the criteria for a named storm.

The naming system is a bit of a mess in Europe, with each country having different criteria and naming them for impacts on their own country.

[liveforsummer]

Yes we're on C. We had Arwen then the one on Friday, can't remember the name but began with B. As above Malik was named by another country. Denmark on this occasion but we get Irish ones often too

[Kite22]

Well, that's as clear as mud then

I assumed it was worldwide, as obviously the major storms often move from one country across to another.

[liveforsummer]

The name is worldwide. It's named by the country it starts in though

[OhYouBadBadKitten]

not named by the country it starts in, (most in Europe start to develop over the atlantic ) but by the first which deems it meets the criteria for a named storm in their country.

[Honeyroar]

I don’t understand why storms need names?? Surely we just need to know when and how bad (BBC weather I’m looking sternly at you because I have a broken gazebo that I’d have taken down earlier if you forecast had been accurate!)

[iklboo]

They're usually named for historical recording.