Six more major storms are expected to hit Britain in the coming weeks, forecasters have warned.
The Met Office has said the UK can expect freezing temperatures in the days ahead and snow in the second half of the month.
On the back of deadly Storms Arwen and Barra, the country is being told to prepare for more rain and snow.
While the Met Office has said there is a chance of rain and snow in high areas of the UK next week.
A “perfect recipe” of warm North Sea waters and a La Nina cooling of the Pacific will bring snowstorms, it was reported.
It comes as Storm Barra left many people without electricity after the storms cut cables during gales which were close to 90mph on Monday.
An elderly woman is believed to have been killed in 80mph winds of the storm, after her body was found on Tuesday afternoon near a river in Blandford, Dorset.
Venetia Smith, 80, fell from a bridge after she went missing her home on Tuesday morning.
Barra's effects are still being felt while temperatures are expected to rocket this weekend with highs of 14C.
Jim Dale, meteorologist for British Weather Services, told The Sun: “We are expecting one more major storm this month which will set the trend for coming months.
“We expect five to six storms to hit through the winter period which could be severe enough to warrant naming.”
Mild air from the Atlantic Azores Islands will mean parts of the UK over the coming days will match those in the south of France.
Mr Dale continued: "We are about to get a sub-tropical airflow starting on Saturday, and we could see temperatures in the south reaching 14C.
“This is air coming in from Spain and the Azores Islands, and while a cold front will come in after the weekend, the generally mild weather will hold out for about a week."
Over the coming days, things will be "very calm and settled" and will last for a week, he said.
Forecasters at the Met Office say Saturday will start off chilly before turning milder as air sweeps in from the Atlantic, with southern Britain enjoying the highest temperatures.
Low pressure to the southwest of the UK will bring air in from the Azores Islands.
Met Office meteorologist Aidan McGivern said: “Rain will come in on Saturday and it will be cold before mild air moves in from the west with a slice of Atlantic air pushing through.
“By the end of Sunday afternoon an area of low pressure moves north, and it will be mild in the south, although it stays colder in the northeast.
“Next week a couple of lows move to the north of the country bringing mild a south-westerly breeze.
“It will stay quite mild into the middle of next week.”
According to the Met Office's long-term forecast, "to begin the period, drier and clearer conditions are likely, allowing for more extensive frost and patchy fog.
"Cloud and strong winds will travel east across the country, with a chance of showers or longer spells of rain for many.
"Hill snow likely in the north. Temperatures generally around average.
"Moving through the period, largely unsettled conditions are likely to persist, with the chance of further showers and longer spells of rain, heavy in places, with a chance of gales.
"Some showers are likely to turn wintry on hills at times.
"Towards the end of the period, more settled conditions are likely to develop, most likely with milder temperatures, but a chance of some brief colder interludes."
