northerly

With a switch in wind direction to a northerly this week, the - still very cold - Arctic winds will bring temperatures below average.

The fine weather of the weekend has been replaced by colder more unsettled weather and northerly winds this week.

Lund said winds could pick up later next week, and there could be some strong northerly gusts, but fire isn’t in the forecast — a silver lining of the recent rains.

“This is not a true Santa Ana. It’s more of a northerly type wind event, and it’s dry, but not terribly dry,” Kittell said.

The UK's summer was the coolest since 2015, driven by a south-shifted jet stream that brought northerly winds carrying Arctic air, though many areas still saw spells of temperatures up to 34C.