Met Office spokesperson Stephen Dixon told The Independent that while daytime temperatures would stick to the mid-single figures and that people could expect “colder than average weather” throughout the week thanks to cold easterly winds from Scandinavia.
Temperatures could drop as low as -6C in parts of Scotland this week as the cold weather shows no signs of letting up, according to the Met Office.
Between Wednesday and Friday, the forecaster said it would be “cloudy with some patchy rain and hill snow developing at times”, predicting an “increasing risk” of heavy rain in the far west on Friday.
Mapped: Where temperatures will plunge to -6C as cold snap sweeps Britain The Met Office predicted ‘colder than average weather’ throughout the week.
Met Office meteorologist Marco Petagna said on Sunday: “In the places with the clearest skies we could get down to minus 5C, minus 6C again tonight.
