An arctic air is set to batter Britain over the course of the May Day bank holiday, with temperatures reaching close to freezing.
The thermometer is due to sink to 4C in London, with areas across northern England, Scotland and Northern Ireland facing weather as cold as freezing.
That is a stark contrast compared to the last bank holiday weekend over Easter, when temperatures peaked at 19C.
Although conditions are due to remain fairly dry across the UK over the bank holiday, arctic winds dragged in from the North Sea will bring in the stark temperature drop, with colder mornings and late-season frost.
Former Met Office meteorologist John Hammond said: "The mercury will go into reverse, with a cooler trend to end April.
“Fresh waves of Arctic air mean a good chance, even across southern Britain, of temperatures falling close to or below freezing."
Met Office meteorologist Luke Miall said: “High pressure starts to drift towards the north of the UK this weekend allowing lower pressure to develop in the south of the UK.
“This means we start to see an easterly feed to our winds and with this, it will turn cooler over the next few days.”
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He added: “We will continue to see easterly winds dragging in the winds from the North Sea and this will peg back temperatures through the rest of this month.
“It will start to feel that little bit colder particularly if you are on the eastern side of the UK where we will see those cooler winds coming in from the North Sea.”
The Met Office’s Greg Dewhurst said: “Looking at the pressure pattern for Saturday, low pressure sat to the south of the UK high pressure sat to the north will bring a brisk easterly flow across the whole of the UK.”
He added: “The noticeable feature will be the wind on Saturday gusting at 25 to 30mph coming in off the North Sea."
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