Summer coming to a soggy end as rain and cooler weather set to hit UK

08 October 2023 , 19:37

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The Alfred Dunhill Links golf championship was abandoned for a second day today (Image: PA)

The Indian Summer being enjoyed in some lucky parts of Britain is starting to come to a soggy end.

The Met Office predicts another two days of unseasonably warm weather for England, but heavy weekend rain has already spoiled the party in Scotland. As much of the UK basked in temperatures up to 27C – following the warmest September on record – 10 motorists in Argyll and Bute had to be airlifted to safety from landslips caused by rain.

And the Alfred Dunhill Links golf championship was abandoned for a second day today due to adverse weather conditions at St Andrews. From Tuesday, rain and cooler weather will start to spread south. Tom Morgan, a Met Office meteorologist, said the contrasting weather is caused by warm weather travelling up from France meeting cold weather from the north.

A woman clears away mess left by floodwater in Dumbarton, West Dunbartonshire (PA)

Met Office deputy chief meteorologist Chris Almond said: “Warmth to the south is likely to continue at least at the start of next week, before a likely gradual return to a more typically autumnal weather regime.” Forecasters say today will be mostly fine and dry, but many northern parts will stay rather grey, while misty low clouds and fog will affect some coasts in the west. There will also be some patchy rain in the north.

There will be little change through the afternoon, with most places fine into the evening. Tuesday will bring more rain to the north-west, with the heaviest and most prolonged over parts of western Scotland, where more disruption is possible.

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The south is set to stay fine and warm. The Scottish Environment Protection Agency has 54 flood warnings in place, while a severe flood warning is active for the Aviemore and Dalfaber area.

Adam Aspinall