It might virtually be halfway by means of September however, for many individuals, it already looks like we’re experiencing an early winter.
We’ve got robust, chilly northerly winds with Arctic air, including to the sensation of chilly, because of 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 12 months. 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 at this time (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 12 months additionally introduced us our warmest climate of 2023: a powerful heatwave that lasted for every week firstly of September, with temperatures near 34°C.
How lengthy will Arctic blast final for?
Based on the Met Office, at this time and tomorrow will carry “showers, some sunshine, and a chilly wind”.
By way of at this time, meteorologist Clare Nasir mentioned: “Winds gained’t be as blustery throughout in-land areas, with showers significantly 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 probability of rain, and there could also be patchy frost at night time.
Friday will be dry and sunny, nevertheless, 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, normally, 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 anticipated to offer manner as a consequence of a change in wind path. 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 will anticipate temperatures returning to twenty°C to 23°C.
Based on BBC Climate, snowfall over Scottish mountains in September, when the colder winter months are approaching, is just not uncommon.
Sadly, (or fortuitously, relying in your viewpoint!), there is no such thing as a snow anticipated for London.
