Met Office says overnight frost to give way on Saturday to ‘fine day with some sunshine’ in most regions
The UK should have a milder weekend as the unusual autumn freeze eases off, after cold health alerts were issued and temperatures plummeted overnight, forecasters have said.
After frost on Saturday morning, most of the UK should enjoy a “fine day with some sunshine”, the Met Office said. However, it will not be blue skies for everyone, as torrential rain and showers are predicted to move in from the west, bringing patchy rain and strong winds across the north and far west of the UK.
Snow is also on the cards for north-west Scotland, the Met Office said. Temperatures on Saturday morning were expected to vary between 5C (41F) in Norwich and Manchester and 11C in Plymouth
The mild reprieve will be welcome to many Britons after temperatures on Friday night fell as low as -6.6C in Sennybridge, near Bannau Brycheiniog in south Wales, and -6.5C in Shap, a village near Penrith in Cumbria.
The first yellow cold health alerts of the season were issued this week by the UK Health Security Agency for the West Midlands and the north-west, and remained in place until midday on Saturday.
