Brits are facing a week of wet and windy weather as the UK recovers from the grip of a deep freeze.
Met Office forecasters have warned of rain or showers across the country for most of this week after days of wintry conditions.
A warning for snow and ice was in place across parts of Scotland from 9pm on Sunday until midday today ahead of a band of rain that is set to sweep over the nation in the coming days.
While the Environment Agency has issued five flood alerts across the south west including Somerset, mid Bristol and the River Avon and the River Dart in Devon.
Officials have warned of rising river levels due to rainfall and melting snow.
Met Office meteorologist Mark Wilson told the Standard: "It's not going to be a complete washout but there will be rain or showers around for most of this week."
He added that Brits should expect the chill to continue overnight into Tuesday before the mercury returns to the milder average temperatures of this time of year.
"Tonight is going to be a very cold one," Mr Wilson said.
Temperatures could fall as low as -9C in Scotland or -2C in the north of England and there is a chance of some freezing fog on Tuesday morning.
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But on the whole the UK will be "milder than last week", said the forecaster.
He said: "Tuesday will be dry and bright for most but cold to start, with some freezing fog patches.
"Then a band of rain will move in from the west so it will be fairly wet and windy by the afternoon."
He added that Londoners should expect it to be damp later in the day.
"On Wednesday there will be some sun but outbreaks of rain towards the north and west," Mr Wilson added.
"We are looking at highs of 11C in the south, with a risk of rain in the afternoon in London."
The forecaster added that a mixture of dry and bright weather and showers looks set to continue until Friday.
Temperatures will remain mild with highs of around 10C by the end of the week, he said.
It comes after the UK was hit by days of snow, ice and plunging temperatures from Thursday into the weekend.
England recorded the coldest night of the winter so far on Saturday night.
But Mr Wilson said forecasters are not expecting the return of the freeze "for the time being".
Thousands of pupils are being affected by school and nursery closures due to snow and ice in the north of Scotland.
Head teachers made the decision to either shut or partially shut when severe weather conditions caused road closures, with one school and a nursery also left with no water, heating or power.
More than 7,000 pupils in the Highlands from a total of six secondary schools (4,226 pupils), 20 primary schools (2,486 pupils) and 15 nurseries (524 children) are affected.
In Moray, 15 primary schools, two secondary schools and three nurseries were also either closed or partially closed by conditions.
Decisions over school and nursery closures are made by teachers on a case-by-case basis.
