As clocks go back, time for wash out weekend
WItH the clocks going back this weekend, it will be getting darker earlier. And thanks to the tail end of storm Barbara, it will be wetter too.
Forecasters predict there will be heavy rain and strong winds in many parts of the country over the weekend.
the clocks go back at 2am tomorrow, which for most of us means resetting only a few of our clocks, watches and electronic devices. But staff at the Royal Collection trust will be spending more than 40 hours changing more than 1,000 clocks across the Queen’s official residences.
A team of horological conservators will work through the weekend to adjust the clocks, including 450 timepieces at Windsor Castle, 600 at Buckingham Palace and 50 at the Palace of Holyroodhouse.
the Met office said yesterday: ‘A powerful jet stream is currently spinning up an Atlantic low before sending it towards the UK in time for the weekend. In other words, it will be a windy weekend with rain or showers.’
A band of rain will push across England from the west today – and the weather is expected to remain unsettled for the next few days. A Met office spokesman said the weekend’s weather will be ‘pretty horrid’.
Rain will move eastwards, lingering in the south East into tonight, but it will clear to showers in the west of Britain.
there could be gales of 5060mph in coastal districts of the North West and in scotland today.
But it was not all unrelentingly gloomy news from the weathermen. Forecasters said there could also be breaks in the bad weather for spells of sunshine. temperatures could be up to 16C (61F) in the south and
13C (55F) in the North today, but it will be ‘a degree or two cooler’ tomorrow.
A mix of sunny spells and heavy showers are forecast for tomorrow and Monday, with the heaviest and most frequent again in the North and West. There could be a risk of thunder across the country tomorrow and temperatures at their lowest could be 5C (41F).
Monday is likely to see maximum temperatures of 14C (57F), but with a chillier low of 2C (36F). Outbreaks of rain will spread eastward across all parts on Tuesday, with blustery showers following. A Met Office spokesman said: ‘What we’re seeing over the next few days is fairly typical for autumn.’
A yellow weather warning was issued for most parts of southern England on Wednesday after Storm Barbara made its way over to the UK from Spain and Portugal. But yesterday there were no weather warnings in place for the weekend.