Meteorologists said “polar air” as cold as -14 degrees Celsius could sweep Britain in the coming days, due to low pressure “heading to Scandinavia” and cold air returning. However, the lowest temperatures expected in the UK on Saturday and Sunday are -5 degrees Celsius “at most” in rural Scotland, the Met Office told The Independent. This is much colder than a typical April temperature, with the average record for April – between 1991 and 2020 – being 3.75 C. “The low pressure is heading to Scandinavia and the cold air will return,” said Met Office meteorologist Alex Deakin. Looking at Thursday, he added that “the wind will continue to be characteristic; until then the cold north winds [will] you are driving all over the UK, bringing a colder feeling everywhere and that the wind in the east will worsen the feeling of cold “. As in much of Scotland and England this week, hail, sleet and a little snow – mostly at lower levels in Scotland – are expected as cold weather persists, Deakin added before warning people planning on Thursday to ” continue to this day with the forecasts “. Despite the cold start to April – with current records for April 9 and 10 at -10.5 degrees Celsius in Belper, Derbyshire in 1973 and -10.1 degrees Celsius in Grantown-on-Spey, Morayshire, in 1978 – temperatures do not appear to be reaching all-time lows. Further snow is forecast until Wednesday in parts of Scotland, though before dry, bitter wind sweeps across the rest of the UK. Jim Dale, a meteorologist for the British Meteorological Service, told the Daily Express: polar front. ” The current is further south than usual for the time of year and that controls this weather pattern, he said. Warning of possible cold conditions for the coming months, he added: “We will look over our shoulders until Easter weekend.” Warnings for the weekend come as torrential rain in London caused panic on Wednesday afternoon. Across the capital, thunderstorms erupted with the Met Office warning drivers to be careful of rain on the streets. In a tweet, the meteorological service said: “A heavy rainstorm brings a brief period of torrential rain and thunderstorms as it moves east to London. “You are aware of the possibility of some surface water on the streets and some lightning throughout the south east of England.” There were also reports of car alarms being triggered in London as a result of the horrific weather, which affected parts of the city, closed and open, for several hours. The Met Office currently has three yellow weather warnings across the UK: one for snow in Scotland, one for wind in Ireland and another for wind in northwest England. It all ends on Thursday morning. “Be careful if you are out and about tonight,” he said in another tweet. “Strong winds could cause problems in places.”
