The night of the bonfire will be unseasonably warm this year, with the Met office telling people to leave their scarves and gloves at home.

The weather leading up to Tuesday night’s festivities will be dry and calm, according to forecasters, and temperatures will remain above average for this time of year.

“For anyone going to a firework display this weekend, the weather will remain favourable,” Met Office meteorologist Tom Morgan said.

“It will be mild for this time of year, so you won’t necessarily need hats, scarves and gloves, with temperatures expected to still likely be in the double figures for many places during the evening.”

Bonfire Night on 5 November, also known as Guy Fawkes Night, commemorates a failed plot to blow up parliament in 1605.

In Britain, bonfires will be lit and effigies, or ‘Boys’, will be burned as fireworks light up the sky.

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“It will be dry for the vast majority of the UK, but there will also be fairly gloomy conditions during the day and fairly cloudy conditions overnight,” Mr Morgan added.

“We are not anticipating any weather warnings for the UK over the coming days, but there is a small chance of mist and fog around, especially next week.”

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“There are very different weather patterns affecting Iberia,” Mr Morgan said.

“It’s a slow-moving, low-pressure area that brings very unsettled weather with thunder, heavy rain and thunderstorms.”

High pressure on the UK is acting as “a lid” on our weather, according to Mr Morgan.

“It causes the air to descend and as that happens there is no upward movement in the air so it means there is no recipe for the clouds to produce rain and it also means the winds will be light. “