UK weather forecast: More warm temperatures predicted but hopes for Indian summer dashed

Longer nights may lead to plummeting temperatures and risk of morning frost

Parts of the UK will experience warm weather throughout September although hopes of an Indian summer are unfounded, forecasters have said.

Dry and fine weather is likely to continue into early October, especially in the south and southeast where "there may be some warm days", according to the latest forecast from the Met Office.

Other regions will not be as lucky. Heavy rain, gales and cooler temperatures are predicted for the northwest by early October. and the unsettled weather may even spread to areas in the southeast from late September.

The longer nights may also lead to plummeting temperatures and the risk of morning frost in parts of the north.

Experts say that they are not preparing for a period of unseasonably warm and dry weather, even for the southeast.

"There is no expectation of an Indian Summer," said a spokesperson from the Met Office.

"When you talk about that sort of summer you expect warm weather in late October [and] November. It's much too early to talk about that.

"The weather might be a little warmer than average in the southeast and it tends to be slightly colder elsewhere. But nothing exceptional."

Summer 2018 was the hottest ever recorded in England and the joint hottest in the UK.

UK temperatures from June to August 2018 were the highest in the league table of records kept since 1910, along with those in 2006, 2003 and 1976, which are within 0.03C of each other.

The sweltering heatwave came to an abrupt end in mid-August as tropical storm Debby brought torrential rain and high winds to the UK.