Fine day ahead but prepare for mercury to drop
REMEMBRANCE Sunday will bring more of the exceptionally mild November weather that we have been experiencing of late – with temperatures as high as 66F (19C) in north-east Scotland last week. But, as we gather at our churches and at war memorials to honour the dead, the brisk southerly wind that has been warming us will have dropped away.
The rest of the day will be fine, with some prolonged sunny spells. Southern England and South Wales will see the best of it at 63F. A central band of the country from Norwich in the east, through to Liverpool in the north-west and on to Belfast should manage 61F, and Glasgow and Edinburgh 59F. All well above the seasonal averages for this time of year that range from 37F to 54F, depending on what part of the country you are in.
The reason for this abnormal November weather is the strong wind coming over the UK from way down in the Azores, encouraged by a deep plunge southwards by the Jet Stream. With the Cop27 meeting going on this weekend in Egypt, such unusual patterns will concentrate minds.
Towards the end of today a frontal system will begin easing into Northern Ireland from the west. As it continues onwards overnight to the rest of the country, we are likely in most parts to wake up on Monday to something misty, murky and damp. The mercury will start to fall back towards somewhere between 52F and 57F.
Quite what follows after that depends on the progress across the Atlantic of the remnants of hurricane Nicole, which has been playing havoc in Florida. If, as some predictions suggest, it heads our way, we could be in for a wet and blustery week.