Apparently the weather Gods didn't get the memo that it's now May, and we should be basking in glorious sunshine.
Instead Bristol is set for a glum, grey day today (Thursday, May 2), with the Met Office forecasting heavy showers. Scroll down for an hour-by-hour forecast for Bristol.
Across the UK a bitter Arctic plunge is due to hit, leaving us shivering over the May bank holiday.
Pressure will build across the UK towards the end of the week allowing the bone-chilling cold to move further south, wrapping the whole of the country in the bitter air.
The Weather Channel says the wind chill factor will add to the raw conditions with wintry showers in Scotland and bitterly cold ‘feels-like temperatures’ for many parts of the UK.
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Worst of the chill will be felt in central and northern areas of the UK where temperatures could feel sub-zero in the wind.
A spokesperson for The Weather Channel said: "Turning much cooler to end the week in a northerly air flow with a mix of sunshine and scattered showers on Friday, which will be wintry for the Scottish mountains.
“Temperatures will fall below-average for the time of year by Friday.”
This is what the travellers on the Downs have said
Hour-by-hour forecast for Bristol for May 2
The bulk of the wet weather is due to hit around lunch time, before a brief relief until yet more rain at 4pm until around 8pm.
5am: The morning will start dry but fairly mild, with temperatures of 7C.
6am-7am: 8C with a 5% chance of rain
8am: 8C with a 10% chance of rain
9am: 9C with a 10% chance of rain
10am-11am: 10C with a 5% chance of rain
12pm: Heavy clouds will come in, with a 10% chance of rain. Temperatures will be 12C.
1pm: Rain is forecast to hit on lunchtime, with a 20% chance from 1pm. Temperatures of 12C.
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2pm-3pm: Heavy clouds will remain with a 20% chance of rain. Temperatures of 12C.
4pm: The highest chance of rain is at 4pm, with a 80% chance. Temperatures of 12C.
5-7pm: Heavy clouds will remain with a 80% chance of rain. Temperatures of 13C. There will be heavy rain.
8pm: A low chance of rain with some sunny spells even possible and 12C temperatures.
9pm-midnight: The evening is expected to remain dry from 9pm, with temperatures of 10C-11C.
