Met Office shares 'brace yourself' ahead of -8C temperature change after heatwave

Met Office shares 'brace yourself' ahead of -8C temperature change after heatwave The mercury exceeded 23C across parts of the UK on Friday, including Newport, Shropshire, and Cavendish, Suffolk, but temperatures are now set to tumble rapidly The Met Office has told Brits to prepare for temperatures to take a nosedive. The distinctly autumnal feel could linger into next week and lead to particularly chilly nights. Many Brits are likely to wake to frost in their gardens in the next few mornings, forecasters say. It is quite the change from last week's warm weather, during which temperatures exceeded 23C on Friday. Parts of the Midlands and the East of England were among the hottest spots. The northerly and easterly winds will now lead to colder conditions, with temperatures to drop by as much as 8C in some parts of the nation. While the 23.3C was the Met Office's official high on Friday, forecasters say some parts of northeast of the UK will see a 15C chill on Tuesday - a fall of more than 8C. This will be accompanied by showers at times, giving the picture a starkly different feel to recent days. The Met Office warned on X: "Brace yourself for another autumnal feel tonight, with temperatures dipping into the low single figures in the countryside under clear skies. Sheltered glens of Scotland may even see a touch of grass frost by dawn." Its weather maps on X show parts of Cumbria and south Wales dropping to around 2C overnight, while northern Scotland could see temperatures of around 5C. Daytime temperatures on Tuesday are closer to 15C for parts of the north of the UK, and 20C for areas across the south. Patches of mist and fog could also develop across rural areas, reports the Express. And the unsettled nature looks set to linger across the Bank Holiday weekend too. Nick Finnis, meteorologist with Netweather, wrote on its blog: "The unsettled conditions look likely to linger through the Bank Holiday Weekend too, with current model forecasts - with areas of low pressure close to the UK bringing spells of rain or showers at times, but also some sunny spells and drier interludes, temperatures likely to be around the average for the time of year in the southwesterly or westerly flow. Certainly no sign of a heatwave before the end of the month. "The low-pressure system responsible for bringing heavy showers and thunderstorms over the last few days has now moved on over Scandinavia. However, the cool northerly flow in its wake will still bring some scattered showers today across England and Wales, though generally lighter than yesterday, perhaps the odd heavy and thundery one in places. Scotland drier and sunnier." The heaviest of the rain Mr Finnis anticipates is likely across Wales, parts of the Midlands and the Northwest of England throughout Tuesday. Thids band of low pressure will be slow to move but will eventually lead to rain across the East of England on Wednesday morning, meteorologists understand. But with large swathes of the country still in drought, the rain will be welcome relief for many. One farmer told us he has decided not to plant any crops on a third of his land - some 200 acres - this autumn because it would mean making a loss on it. Chris Wray, from Lincolnshire, said: "There a lot of people thinking like that now. Farmers are a real, 'head down, let’s do what we’ve always done, and everything will come right'. That is their stalwart logic."