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Gales and torrential rain threaten to lash Britain for the next 10 days before temperatures take a sharp fall towards freezing with potential snow forecast for parts of the north by the end of the month.
Forecasters are warning that Atlantic storms will bear down on Britain while northerly winds will bring a wintry chill.
Foul weather threatens to hold out through October ending in a stormy, and even snowy, Halloween.
Jim Dale, meteorologist for British Weather Services, said: 'The Atlantic is going to push a lot of rain into Britain through the start of the week and strong winds are likely to touch gale-force.
Britons will face gale-force winds and heavy rain as Atlantic storms bear down upon the nation after the current milder but misty weather, showed here in Dunsden, Oxfordshire
A brief uptick in the current mild temperatures tomorrow and Wednesday will be followed by a sharp turn towards freezing in the second half of the week
'Another low-pressure system comes in on Tuesday and Wednesday bringing the risk of localised flooding.
'Later this week we will pull winds in from the north so it will feel colder, and any snow will be most likely over high ground in northern regions.
This latest flood warning comes after heavy rain saw London Underground
