People across Britain suffered from a bad hair day today as tropical maritime air brought temperatures more normal in summertime along with rain, which resulted in 'murky and mucky' conditions.
The mercury was expected to hit 70F (21C) in the South East of England this afternoon – making parts of the UK hotter than Rome (68F/20C) and Istanbul (63F/17C), with the milder tropical air drawn up from the South West.
A Twitter user said: 'What's the point in trying to have any kind of hairstyle in autumn?' Another in London added: 'OMG, I was literally just thinking this. I got up early this morning to straighten my hair. Then I left the house. FFS.'
The exceptionally mild day comes after temperatures did not drop below 59F (15C) for many parts of the country overnight – which made it warmer than would be expected during the daylight hours in mid-October.
But conditions will begin to turn cooler and windier from tomorrow, before temperatures drop further by Thursday when highs of only 54F (12C) are expected – and there will also be plenty of downpours throughout this week.
Thundery showers will move north-eastwards from tomorrow accompanied by gusty winds and even the first ground frosts of the autumn, and the Met Office said further unsettled weather is predicted into November.
A man and woman walk a dog through the fallen autumn leaves in Clarke Gardens at Woolton in Liverpool this morning
People in Britain suffered from a bad hair day today as tropical maritime air brought warm temperatures for the time of year
Waves crash against the sea wall at Southsea in Hampshire today on a day with very warm temperatures for the time of year
BBC weather forecaster Susan Powell told Radio 4's Today programme this morning: 'It is very mild outside at the moment, temperatures overnight have set in the mid-teens, similar to the highs we had yesterday.
'We are sitting in air that originated from the Tropics, it's got a lot of moisture in it, and it's going to make things quite murky, mucky.
