Five reasons it’ll feel like autumn next week
After a somewhat extended summer, with September being the driest on record for the UK, as well as the fourth warmest, autumn is finally going to arrive in the coming days.
After a somewhat extended summer, with September being the driest on record for the UK, as well as the fourth warmest, autumn is finally going to arrive in the coming days.
Our fortunes are finally going to change this week, as the weather finally delivers us a reminder that we are well and truly into autumn.
As I walked to work today, there was a real sense of autumn in the air. But what makes autumn feel like autumn?
Following a summer that has been dominated by sunshine and warmth, this week will see the arrival of cooler air and some unseasonably chilly nights for August.
The first autumn storm of the season is expected later this weekend, with a deep area of low pressure sweeping just to the north of the UK on Sunday.
Whilst it’s not unusual to have occasional spells of turbulent weather in the summer months, this weekend will stand out more given the sunshine and heat we’ve been used to.
As you stepped outside today with clouds looming overhead and that damp, autumnal chill in the air, would you believe that this time last year, many of us experienced a heatwave?
As the autumn equinox approaches this Saturday, there is no denying that the nights are rapidly drawing in, with the mornings and evenings now having a distinct chill in the air.
The week just gone has been dominated by low pressure that brought most places a spell of rain on Easter Monday and then parked itself in the North Sea bringing heavy, thundery showers thereafter.