From snow to sun hats? Week’s weather set for dramatic change

This morning’s snow, no matter what the depth, had youngsters enjoying the flakes which had fallen at the beginning of the half-term holiday.

The cold weather also made for treacherous driving conditions in some areas, prompting warnings from police.

Snowy scene (Image: Archant)

A yellow weather warning for snow and iceis in place until midday today.

But today forecasters are warning freezing fog tonight and into tomorrow morning posed the greatest risk to motorists.

Youngsters Abby and Logan Martin rush out to enjoy the snow in Boxted, Essex (Image: Archant)

Temperatures are set to drop as low as -4C (25F) tonight, or -2C (28F) in areas with fog, which could freeze on surfaces – including roads.

From tomorrow the weather is set to dry out and warm up according to Weatherquest, with temperatures reaching possible highs of 6C (43F), though clear skies on Tuesday night could again lead to overnight frost.

Adam Drury, forecaster at Weatherquest, said gusty winds could mar an otherwise clear “Spring-like” day on Wednesday, with a band of rain sweeping across the region on Wednesday night and through-out Thursday.

“Thursday will be quite a dull day, and though we shouldn’t see any flooding it will be a damp, drizzly and rubbish day,” Mr Drury said.

Some parts of Suffolk had a light sprinkling of snow overnight. Tim with his dog Pip in Woodbridge. (Image: Sarah Lucy brown)

Another weak band of rain will pass through on Friday, clearing towards the afternoon.

However the weekend will see a “warm kick”, with the chance of slight rain on Saturday, but by Sunday temperatures could reach highs of 16C (61F) – compared to average highs for the time of year of just 6C (43F).

Mr Drury added: “We start the week below average for the next few days, get to the mean temperature, and then possibly quite well above it by the weekend.”

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