Put that brolly away!

Warm spell blows in to keep the winter chill at bay

THE summer’s heatwave is already beginning to feel like a distant memory after days of gale-force winds and heavy downpours.

But even though the Christmas adverts are already in full swing with scenes of fluffy snow, a plume of warm air from the Continent means you won’t be needing your heavy winter coat this week.

While it might be not be enough to need the sunscreen again, temperatures throughout the UK are set to be about five degrees higher than average.

Parts of England could reach 16C (60.8F) on Wednesday, compared to the usual 10C – 11C (50F – 51.8F). And Scotland will enjoy temperatures several degrees higher than the 9C (48.2F) it would typically expect in mid-November.

But the warm spell will be short- lived, as the mercury is due to swing in the opposite direction next week – with the chance of areas being dusted in frost as temperatures dip below average for this time of year.

Met Office forecaster Matthew Box said: ‘Temperatures across the east and west are likely to be 14C (57.2F) on Monday, maybe 15C (59F) in London. Then from Tuesday we could see 15C-16C. We’ve got a plume of mild air pushing in on Tuesday and into Wednesday, so it will be reasonably warm.

‘But there is a strong indication as we head into the following week and the latter half of November that it will start to cool down somewhat.

‘The weather will be predominantly settled but the temperatures overall in this period will be below the average and could extend to frosts and snow over northern hills and mountains.’

The hottest November day recorded in the UK was 22.4C (72.3F) in Trawsgoed, near Aberystwyth in mid-Wales, on November 1, 2015.