Temperatures to drop through the next week as chilly northerly blast sweeps Britain

TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say Met Office meteorologist Alex Deakin said: “Low pressure is to the east of us and high pressure is to the west of us, and the jet stream has elongated more, and a trough out in the southern-central portion of the Atlantic is trapping hot air over north Africa and allowing cooler air over the UK.“A northerly flow brings the cool air right across the UK as we head into the new working week.“Even as we go through the week, the weather patterns don’t look like shifting with temperatures below average.“There is likely to be a north-westerly or westerly dominated flow, and that is going to provide cool conditions and plenty of showers.”Regions under clear skies this week could wake to frost as gardeners and farmers are warned the threat of winter still hovers.Temperatures of -4C in Scotland and northern England and nudging freezing further south will be well below average for the end of spring.Met Office meteorologist Alex Burkill said: “Through the next week or so, a northerly direction is most likely, and that is why things are going to stay pretty chilly.“It will be several degrees below average for much of the UK, but for many places, rainfall looks around average.LATEST DEVELOPMENTSBritain set for burst of warmth before continental winds ushers in cold snapWeather in Britain set for thundery deluge after coldest May night for five yearsBritain could be weeks away from 30C heatwave, long-range forecasts predict“Generally, our winds are coming from the north or the northwest as we go through the next few days, and that is because we have low pressure to the north of us, and we are dragging our air from the north.”Meteorologist Honor Criswick added: “It is going to turn rather chilly overnight and there will be a patchy frost in places.“On Monday, a band of showery rain will sink southwards, and into the afternoon it will drag in more cloud, but once it clears, there will be plenty of dry weather and sunshine.“Things are going to continue to feel cool as we continue to feel a northerly feed of air.”Bitter winds across the north will make it feel more like the middle of winter than three weeks from summer.Britons are warned to get winter coats and jumpers ready and take tender plants in from the garden.Jim Dale, meteorologist for British Weather Services and co-author of ‘Surviving Extreme Weather’, said: “It is going to feel very cool this week, and at times, cold, so it is a case of coats and jumpers instead of t-shirts.“Some harsh frosts mean there is still a risk for gardeners, as winds properly start to come down from the north.” Our Standards: The GB News Editorial Charter