Weather experts warn snow might be on its way by the end of October.
The wet and windy drizzle is back and here to stay, with snow only a few weeks away as temperatures plummet across the country.
The Met Office predict that we will see an obvious change in temperatures: with a drop to 13C during the day and up to 8C in Leeds city centre at night over the weekend.
If you need a sign to go out and invest in a sturdy umbrella, this is it.
The Met Office is currently describing the skies over the weekend as “an unsettled spell with heavy rain and near gales possible Saturday. Turning mostly showery from Sunday, sometimes heavy or thundery. Winds remain strong but easing Monday”.
Temperatures are “likely to be lower than average” heading into October with "some longer spells of rain and potential for strong winds at times".
The snowy season started in December last year, with flurries of snow lasting until the beginning of February. According to This Morning’s Meteorological expert Dave King, this year’s snow could start as early as October.
Snowmen in Potternewton Park in January 2021, during the last snowy season. Image: Uni Leeds Students
This is due to an impending Snow Moon’s arrival on 29 October.
King told This Morning last week that “there's a snow moon on the 29th of October, followed by two more snow moons in the first three weeks of November so it is gonna be bitterly cold and very frosty".
He also hinted that this may increase gas and electricity bills. Given the current anxieties around gas prices, this may affect how some choose their providers over the coming weeks.
The first sightings of snow have already been spotted in the Scottish highlands, with photographs circulating across the national media of road gritters and snowy mountains.
Snow has not been officially forecast by the Met Office since April, but only time will tell whether Dave King’s predictions on ITV are correct.
A Leeds pizza takeaway has received a glowing review from popular review duo.
Edges Pizza opened up their first permanent spot in Leeds back in June this year, after making a name for themselves slinging out pizzas at multiple pop-ups across the city.
Owners Grace and Edge from Harrogate opened Edges Pizza two years ago, taking inspiration from trips to New York over the years.
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Their pizzas are a love letter to the class New York slice, think thin and crispy rather than chewy and floppy. But above all else, think absolutely delicious.
And now, they've caught the attention of a major review page, with Bite Twice Food Reviews (a page with almost 300k followers) paying Edges a visit.
The food review duo of Gerry del Guercio and Paul Delany popped up in Holbeck beneath the arches to get their hands on a pizza, and the outcome is brilliant.
In the video, Bite Twice said that the pizza is 'f**cking exceptional' and up there with 'one of the best pizzas in the UK'.
Before even taking a bite, they said: "On aesthetic, I don't think anywhere in the UK is doing pizza like this".
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Then after the first bite, they go on to say: "There are very few pizzas in the UK that create this, I’m a little bit blown away".
As Londoners themselves, they go on to say that Edges is 'easily hitting with the best that we’ve got down south'.
And if that's not high praise enough, they sign off the video saying: "Leeds has got an absolute gem. I give this a stamp so hard my foot went through the pizza. Edges. Don Level."
Yorkshire-set Christmas film by Leeds director starring Richard E. Grant set to hit UK cinemas next month
Clementine Hall
A brand-new Christmas film is hitting cinemas nationwide next month - and it’s a proper Leeds success story.
Jack Spring directed his first feature film at just 19 years old and has spent the last decade carving out a career in independent film, as well as co-founding Leeds-based production company Shush Films.
His first movie, Destination: Dewsbury, was shot just down the road in - you guessed it - Dewsbury. And after moving to Leeds from Grimsby, Jack became determined to build his business from the city, putting down roots and growing his production company here.
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Now, after years of working on independent projects, Jack has taken his biggest leap yet with a brand-new Christmas film, Merry Christmas Aubrey Flint.
Set in Yorkshire, Merry Christmas Aubrey Flint follows Aubrey Flint, a reclusive model soldier painter with a lifelong hatred of Christmas, who is sentenced to community service at Willow Lodge - a retirement home on the brink of closure.
Roped into helping with a chaotic production of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, Aubrey clashes with its interesting set of residents...
And the cast is about as star-studded as it gets, featuring Richard E. Grant, John Bradley, Celia Imrie, Adjoa Andoh, Sophia Di Martino, Adrian Rawlins and Kiell Smith-Bynoe.
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The heartwarming festive comedy will hit cinemas nationwide on Friday 6 November - a huge milestone for a Leeds-based director and production company, taking a homegrown Yorkshire story to audiences across the country.
You just can't beat a proper wholesome British Christmas film, so you can best believe we'll be watching in the cinema, popcorn in hand.