Tuesday
Another cold day ahead with a brisk easterly wind adding to the wind chill. There will be snow showers affecting mainly the east of Scotland and eastern England, one or two of these heavy and bringing a fresh covering of snow. The showers will be less frequent in western areas and many places should stay dry here. Further snow showers affecting eastern coast of Ireland although the west will be dry. A few bright spells with the best of them always across western Scotland, Northwest England and western parts of Wales. Highs at 0 to 2C and staying below freezing where snow has already fallen.

Tuesday Night
A cold night ahead with a widespread and severe frost. Further snow showers will be affecting eastern Scotland and eastern parts of England, as well as eastern coast of Ireland. Elsewhere skies become largely clear and the winds will be easing to. This will allow temperatures to fall sharply. Watch for icy roads and pavements. Lows at -2 to -7C and perhaps to -15C across the snowfields of central Scotland.

Wednesday
Another very cold day for all on Wednesday. Snow showers will again affect eastern Scotland and eastern England, although most of these will be lighter. However parts of Kent and Sussex could still see some heavy snow showers at times. Most other areas will be dry with plenty of sunshine. A few snow showers in the east of Ireland but again here it should be largely dry and sunny. Highs at 0 to 2C overall, perhaps to 3C in the far southwest of England and Ireland.

Thursday
Another widespread and severe frost to start Thursday morning. There will be a subtle change of pressure pattern on Thursday with low pressure to the west of Ireland and high-pressure east of England. This increases wins across Ireland and the far west of the UK. There will be an area of cloud, rain, sleet and snow moving into Ireland during the day, bringing some snow flurries to the far west of Wales later. For other areas it should be a bright start to the day with plenty of sunshine. However cloud will tend to increase through the day and the winds will increase too. A very cold day, the wind making it feel even colder with highs at 1 to 3C.