The warm burst is set to confirm 2022’s status as Britain’s hottest ever year
Britain could be set for a “freakishly-hot” Halloween with the prospect of an “African plume” hitting the country later this month.
The Autumnal Indian Summer is set to end the hottest year the UK has ever experienced, with this week set to start the period of mild weather.
The Daily Star reports that temperatures could hit the low 20s this week, and meteorologists have predicted that the mild conditions will last up to Halloween on October 31.
Netweather forecaster Nick Finnis said: “Some computer models show 22C or 23C by midweek, bringing an Indian Summer.
“An exceptionally-warm plume of air from northwest Africa looks like being pumped across Europe and to Britain, with up to the low 30s in France, and over 20C in southern Britain.”
Met Office forecaster Marco Petagna said: “There’s a good signal for higher temperatures thanks to a southerly airstream with very mild or warm air.”
A Met Office forecaster said: “Sunday has sunny spells for many, with Monday dry with sunny spells in the South as rain clears the North.
“Tuesday is mostly fine in the North, with high pressure from Wednesday bringing generally settled conditions, although with some bands of rain spreading.
“The South and West are likely to be mild during the period to October 28, with sunny spells between showery periods.”
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— Met Office (@metoffice) October 16, 2022
The plume of warm air from Africa will set 2022 as the hottest year on record for Britain, with January to September the hottest first nine months of the year since 1884, the year the Met Office records began.
October so far is 1.5C warmer than the month’s overall average temperature, Met Office figures for central England show.
Dr Mark McCarthy of the Met Office’s National Climate Information Centre said: “It was the warmest year so far up to the end of September, with each month since January being warmer than average.
“2022 is on track to be one of the warmest years on record if warmer-than-average conditions persist.”
Meteorologists had forecasted a cold spell on the horizon for the UK, with nobody predicting the African plume would bring a warm spell to Britain.
Weathertrending meteorologist John Hammond said: “It is amazing how a forecast can go so very wrong.
“The culprit for the chaos is an extremely distorted jet stream, whose exaggerated loops and cut-offs have out-foxed the various computer models in recent days–something we might have to get used to as we head towards winter.
“It had looked as though we’d be heading into a chilly and damp period after mid-month.
“I now foresee rumours of an Indian Summer next week.”
So it could be a sweaty one if you’re planning a heavy extravagant Halloween costume this year. You have been warned.
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