“They should also wear shoes with a good, slip-resistant grip to prevent any accidental falls”.
Advertisement
Britain will be battening down the hatches for three months of storms, with predictions of strong wind and rain bringing the unusually clement November weather to a crashing end.
“There is a possibility of temporary, small amounts of settling snow even at low levels away from eastern coastal counties of England, though most areas should miss this”, it added.
By Sunday, the wind will have changed direction and bring with a milder weather and sunshine, though it will still be breezy.
“With that cold air coming the region will see a few wintery showers of rain, sleet and snow”.
The freeze is not out of the norm for this time of year, says the Met Office.
The German Weather Service (DWD) forecast for the coming weekend.
Met Éireann forecaster Louise Heraghty said it would be another blustery day today with showers in most areas.
Wind gusts up to 60mph are likely, with a lower likelihood of 60 to 70 mph gusts, though in any one area, the strongest winds will last for only a few hours clearing last from southeastern areas of England.
The alert is in place for between 5pm on Friday and 3pm on Saturday.
However, many places inland will avoid showers and experience sunny spells.
Piers Corbyn, forecaster for WeatherAction, said the freakish weather is partly due to unusually high solar activity strengthening winds flowing in from the Arctic.
Arctic plunge: This graphic shows the average temperature for all of tomorrow in gridded numbers, while the shading shows how those average 24-hour temperatures relate to the climate average (referring to the legend, left).
The weather will feel much colder on Friday and into the weekend after a mild November.
Advertisement
When weather conditions require, the city council is able to grit more than 700 miles of roads, 120 miles of pavements, and nearly 20 miles of cycle paths.
