The Met Office has issued its latest five-day weather forecast for the Easter holidays with sunshine, frost and highs of 12C predicted.
As the school holidays get underway, families hoping to get outside and enjoy plenty of sunshine might need to remember their umbrellas.
Rain or showers are set to spread southeastwards across most areas on Wednesday and Thursday, according to the Met Office, although a return to drier conditions is expected by Friday, with "sunshine but patchy night frost".
For Easter Monday, the Met Office's long-range forecast, suggests the south and southwest could be the most likely area for rain, although most areas should see fine and dry weather from April 7 to Sunday, April 16.
Weather maps from WXCharts show that April will start mild, with the trend of 12C to 15C highs enduring through next week.
The service, which uses data from MetDesk, shows temperatures dropping to freezing overnight before rising by 10C or more during the day.
But from Tuesday, April 11, the mercury will start going in the opposite direction.
Charts show a chilly plume gravitating from Western Europe will make its way over the UK from 6pm that evening - but its main impact will be to the north and east of the UK.
As it arrives, the system will send temperatures plummeting to -4C and below in Scotland, northern England and along the east coast at Norfolk.
By the following morning on Wednesday, April 12, the charts show lows of -6C to -7C in the same places, while elsewhere drops to -5C.
UK weather five-day forecast
Today:
Most of the UK seeing plenty of sunshine after a chilly, in places frosty, start, and with lighter winds it should feel reasonably pleasant by afternoon. Northern Ireland and some western fringes of Scotland will be cloudier and breezier.
Tonight:
Most areas dry with long clear spells, frost developing quite widely across southern, central and some eastern parts. Northwestern UK cloudier; strong winds and patchy rain in the far northwest.
Tuesday:
Northwest UK rather cloudy, with rain, drizzle and strong winds in the far northwest. Elsewhere dry with plenty of sunshine and light winds, helping temperatures recover towards the early-April average.
Outlook for Wednesday to Friday:
Cloudier weather with rain or showers spreading southeastwards across most areas on Wednesday and Thursday. A return to drier conditions is expected by Friday, with sunshine but patchy night frost.
