If you’ve seen forecasts of snow next week flash up on your social media feed over the last few days, you may be thinking that winter is about to return.
While snow is not expected over the vast majority of the UK, it is true that rather cool conditions for May are set to dominate.
With high pressure centred to the west of the UK, winds will mainly come from that chillier northerly direction. During the second half of the week our air will have originated from around the Arctic Circle in northern Scandinavia.
Daytime temperatures for most will be much colder than normal at 9-14 Celsius (48-57F) in many areas.
Areas of low pressure crossing southwards across the country will bring a greater likelihood of rain and, like last week, some snow in Shetland and the Scottish mountains cannot be ruled out.
As well as snow, last week also brought the UK its coldest May conditions for nearly 30 years. Tomintoul in Moray, Scotland recorded a low of -6.8C (20F) on the night of the 5/6 May. This was the lowest temperature recorded in May since 1997 when the same temperature was reported at Leadhills, Lanarkshire.
Further night frosts are expected in places during the week ahead.
