UK weather: Met Office issues rain and wind warnings as named storm possible

While the impacts for the UK are not thought severe enough for this low pressure system to be named by the Met Office, we could still end up talking about a named storm.

With much stronger winds expected in northern France or Belgium on Thursday, impacts there could be much more severe.

In this instance, Météo France or the Royal Meteorological Institute in Belgium could name it Storm Benjamin.

Benjamin is second on the list of names in the south-western Europe meteorological group consisting of Portugal, Spain, Luxembourg, France and Belgium.

However, if the Netherlands meteorological agency decides that impacts there will be more severe, it may wish to name it first.

And because the Netherlands is in partnership with the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland in the western meteorological group, it would come from our list of named storms.

The next storm on our list is Storm Bram.

It might therefore seem like quite a complicated situation with uncertainties remaining firstly on whether the low pressure system will be intense enough to be given a name, and secondly, what name it would be given.

However, all weather agencies discuss the forecast and a decision will be made that will become consistent for all.

For now, stay tuned to the forecast and get all the latest updates from us here at BBC Weather.