London (Parliament Politics Magazine) – London temperatures will plunge to as low as 9C with an Arctic blast bringing a cold breeze.
London is braced for a cold weekend with a blast of cold atmosphere from the north pushing temperatures into single digits. The capital will barely flee single-figure temperatures on Saturday and Sunday, according to the Met Office forecast, while parts of Scotland could witness snow.
How low will temperatures drop this weekend in London?
No weather alerts have been issued, but the forecast is for temperatures well below London’s October average of 16°C. For Saturday, Alex Deakin, of the Met Office, stated: “It will be a cold weekend. There is quite a lot of cloud around for most of us with some seeing some rain, which will push down to the southeast.”
London and the southeast will reach a high of at about 16C but will “turn colder” throughout the night and into Sunday. “With clearing skies and the air coming down from the north, it is going to turn quite chilly,” he said. There will be some snow in the Scottish mountains, in addition. “Temperatures will be going into freezing in rural spots… but even (even in the south) it could be chilly,” Mr Deakin expressed.
Sunday morning will be below 10C but it will climb to double figures in the capital in the afternoon. It should warm up into next week.
A forecast on the Met Office website said: “It will be cloudy on Monday, with a spell of rain through the middle of the day. Cloudy with showers Tuesday, with supporting winds. Cloudy with heavy rain or showers on Wednesday. Turning much milder.” The longer-range forecast stated: “Following the rain, a drier and brighter interlude is probable before conditions turn unsettled once again by next weekend.”