It could virtually be halfway via September however, for many individuals, it already looks as if we’re experiencing an early winter.
We now have robust, chilly northerly winds with Arctic air, including to the sensation of chilly, due to low stress within the north-east and excessive stress within the Atlantic.
Each the daytime and night-time temperatures are beneath common for this time of yr. On Tuesday (September 10), showers transitioned to sleety snow on the peaks of the Cairngorms, and temperatures dropped as little as 2°C in Scotland’s protected glens, with patches of frost.
Sadly, the low temperatures will persist as we speak (September 12), and the robust winds will make it really feel even colder.
We have not seen a frost like this in 20 years, and the chilly spell has been made much more noticeable by a string of exceptionally heat Septembers.
We skilled summery autumns in 2016, 2020, and 2021 and 2023, with temperatures that topped 30°C.
This month final yr additionally introduced us our warmest climate of 2023: a powerful heatwave that lasted for per week at first of September, with temperatures near 34°C.
How lengthy will Arctic blast final for?
In line with the Met Office, as we speak and tomorrow will carry “showers, some sunshine, and a chilly wind”.
When it comes to as we speak, meteorologist Clare Nasir mentioned: “Winds gained’t be as blustery throughout in-land areas, with showers notably alongside the shoreline. They could develop in land, however there can be some drier interludes and a mixture of cloud and sunshine but once more, with temperatures of 14°C or 15°C within the south.”
In London, there’s a 70 per cent chance of rain, and there could also be patchy frost at night time.
Friday will be dry and sunny, nonetheless, with temperatures a littler hotter in London.
In the meantime, it’s anticipated to be settled and dry in London this weekend.
Ms Nasir added that the UK, on the whole, can anticipate related climate. “A ridge of excessive stress is shifting in, so a chilly begin, with a localised frost, however with that we’ll see some sunshine. All change although as we head into the weekend from the north-west.”
This weekend, the chilly air is predicted to provide method because of a change in wind course. Milder air from the southwest and mid-Atlantic can be drawn in, and temperatures will rise.
The chilly and crisp mornings are solely set to final this week. Subsequent week, we are able to anticipate temperatures returning to twenty°C to 23°C.
In line with BBC Climate, snowfall over Scottish mountains in September, when the colder winter months are approaching, isn’t uncommon.
Sadly, (or fortuitously, relying in your viewpoint!), there isn’t a snow anticipated for London.