WEATHER WARMING
Temperatures set to reach 18C
Slimbridge Wetland Centre, Glos
BRITAIN is set to beat the lockdown chill with a heartwarming ten-day Indian summer.
A 700-mile wide band of subtropical air is set to sweep in from the Azores, bringing balmy weather.
Temperatures yesterday hit 17.4C in Wales and 18C in the South West – 6C above average and hotter than Marseille in the south of France.
Most parts of the UK will enjoy sunny periods throughout today and highs of up to 18C are expected for more than a week.
But November normality will then resume with temperatures plunging and bringing snow to some areas, forecasters say.
The highest temperature ever recorded this late in the year was 22.4C on November 1, 2015, in
Ceredigion, Wales. The Met Office said the “particularly mild” conditions would last past the middle of the month.
Forecaster Marco Petagna said: “Is it really autumn? An established southerly airstream could see 17C ahead in bright spells, with the East drier and West having some rain.”
Weather Outlook’s Brian Gaze said: “It’s notably warm, with 18C feeling like an Indian summer after frosts and snow. But computer models suggest colder weather from late November.”
A Met Office spokesman added: “It’s likely to remain mild for the rest of the week and after, feeling particularly mild in any brighter spells.
“But temperatures possibly turn colder than average into December.”
STAG PARTY Two fallow deer enjoy the warmer weather