A spate of warmer-than-normal weather is set to grace parts of the UK this weekend, with Sunday, Oct. 15, looking to be the peak of the balmy weather.
The mild spell is thanks to an air current moving north, pushing up warm air from the Mediterranean to the UK.
The Spanish plume is set to bring in temperatures between 20C and 23C in the South and the South East, depending on the levels of sunshine. It is 5 to 6 degrees higher than normal for this time of year.
“We'll get a diluted version of Spanish weather,” said Steven Keates, a spokesman from the Met Office.
“It’s pretty good going for this time of year,” he said.
Saturday or Sunday evening would be best days for a BBQ, although the sunshine could be variable.
He added, “Normal maximum temperatures for this time of year are 14C to 15C in the South and around 11 degrees in the North.”
In the run up to the Indian Summer the forecast is more typical of British autumn weather.
Tropical Storm Ophelia
As Tropical Storm Ophelia heads toward the UK, there’s a chance that it might get wet and windy early next week.“A cold front will inevitably cross us next week,” said Keates.
The storm is expected to hit the the western coast of Portugal by 8pm on Sunday.
If it becomes a hurricane, it would be the 10th consecutively named storm to develop into a hurricane.
