Britain is set to be shaken when an “Arctic blast” strikes this week, sending temperatures tumbling after a wet weekend. After a week where most days topped out at around 20C, London will - according to the Met Office and BBC Weather - seldom get beyond 15C from Wednesday to Friday of the week to come.
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00:00Hello there, welcome to your latest weather update from the Met Office. Over the coming
00:04days it's certainly going to be turning a good deal colder across the UK. But before
00:08we get there, we have got plenty of cloud and patchy rain out there first thing on Monday
00:13morning across central and eastern areas. Further west, we have some sunshine to start
00:17the day and that will gradually spread its way eastwards during the course of the day.
00:21However, the Far East probably hanging on to the cloud and some patchy rain for most
00:25of the afternoon. Later on, we'll also start to see another area of cloud and rain moving
00:30in across the far west of Scotland and Northern Ireland. And for all of us, it will be feeling
00:35a little bit fresher. But I think in the south, we still will see highs reaching around 18
00:39or 19 degrees. So that cloud and patchy rain across the Far East will clear as we move
00:45into the evening. And then the cloud and rain across the far northwest will just slowly
00:49spread its way southeastward. So by the end of the night, I think the closest of the skies
00:53will be down towards the far southeastern corner. Elsewhere, seeing a mixture of cloud
00:58and some outbreaks of rain that rain potentially quite heavy in places, especially across Scotland
01:02and Northern Ireland, and will be accompanied by a strengthening northwesterly wind. So
01:07quite a blustery end to the night across the far north. But for most of us, it's going
01:12to be a fairly mild night. Temperatures in most towns and cities holding up into double
01:17figures. So as we go into Tuesday morning, we start the day with some sunshine across
01:22the far southeast. Elsewhere, cloud and rain working its way southwards during the course
01:28of the day. Behind it, a rash of blustery showers being blown in on a fairly keen northerly
01:33wind and feeling quite cold across the north. Temperatures at their best only reaching around
01:3813 to 17 degrees, maybe hanging on to something a little bit warmer across the very far south
01:43with highs here 18 or 19 degrees. Need to watch out for the risk of some very strong
01:49winds and also some persistent rain developing for a time across the Northern Isles as we
01:53go through Tuesday. But then as we move into Wednesday and Thursday, the cold air really
01:58takes hold across the whole of the UK, bringing in a rash of showers across many areas. But
02:04then as we move into Friday, that cold air eventually starts to get cut off as some milder
02:09air from the Atlantic begins to move in with high pressure also moving in, settling things
02:14down as we end the week. But you can find out more about the weather for the week ahead
02:18on our social media channels. But from me for now, take care and I'll see you again soon.