A 700-MILE wide African heat bulge will send Briain into a balmy Indian Summer over the coming week.
Temperatures could hit 18C in parts, which will make the UK warmer than the south of France.
But it's not all good news as the "heat bulge" is likely to bring 65mph storms later in the week thanks to low pressure.
The Weather Outlook forecaster Brian Gaze said: “People will be calling this Indian Summer-style warmth."
The Met Office forecasts “particularly mild” conditions lasting past mid-November. But plunging temperatures and snow are due from late this month.
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DENSE FOG AND DRIZZLY RAIN THIS MORNING
Watch out for some locally dense fog this morning with thick cloud bringing some drizzly rain, and showery outbreaks elsewhere.
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WEDNESDAY TO FRIDAY
The Met Office said: “Unsettled with spells of rain, heaviest and most prolonged in the west, but also some dry and bright spells.
“Windier than recently and feeling a little cooler.”
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TUESDAY'S FORECAST
The Met Office added: ” Still a scattering of showers, but more in the way of dry weather generally.
“Cloud and mist should gradually thin to give some sunshine in places. Mild.”
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SHOWERS TONIGHT
Britain will be hit with showery rain with “heavy bursts” in places.
The Met Office added: “Showery rain, with heavy bursts in places but perhaps less widely later.
“Areas of low cloud and fog patches. Mild for most, but chilly in the far north where clearer.”
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FOGGY START
The Met Office today said it will be a foggy start to the week.
In its forecast for Monday, it added: “Fog and low cloud, slow to lift in places.
“Showery rain almost anywhere, probably heaviest in southwest England and south Wales this afternoon.
“A few bright or sunny spells, notably in northern Scotland. Mild, indeed very mild where it brightens.”
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COLDER-THAN AVERAGE DECEMBER ON CARDS
For Wednesday and Thursday, a Met Office forecaster said there will be “some dry and bright conditions, but it will be windier with rain – before mild, settled conditions for the rest of the week.
“High pressure looks to dominate later, with dry conditions.”
Temperatures are particularly mild in any areas enjoying brighter spells.
Late November is forecast to have “unsettled periods in the west and north, with temperatures probably mild before possibly turning colder-than-average into December, and the chance of wintry showers.”
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WINTER ON HOLD – TILL WEDNESDAY
Winter is being held at bay thanks to a 700 mile-wide 'African heat bulge' – but 65mph storms will hit some later this week, warn forecasters.
The Weather Outlook forecaster Brian Gaze said: “Wind gusts over 60mph are shown on forecast models for midweek.”
He added that, “it looks mild or very mild further ahead, before an increased chance of colder-than-average conditions from late November.”
Met Office forecaster Marco Petagna added: “Mild southerly and south-westerly winds will be pumped up from a long way to the south.
“But more vigorous low pressure systems could make inroads, and an Atlantic-driven pattern is the trend for the long-term.”
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ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPS FOR MONDAY
Double-digit temperatures of around 15C – 6C above the 9C average – are forecast for Monday, mainly in the east.
The Weather Outlook forecaster Brian Gaze said: “People will be calling this Indian Summer-style warmth, with 15C possible on Monday in eastern Scotland and a mild southerly flow for most of the next 16 days.”
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