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NORTH Wales is in for a weekend of unsettled weather as temperatures are set to drop. After a few days of sunshine and temperatures hitting double figures, North Wales is in for another cold weekend this week as temperatures are set to be as low as 0C. On Saturday, Flintshire will see temperatures as low as -1C with a maximum temperature of 7C compared to Wrexham which will see a maximum temperature of 6C but could drop to 0C. Parts of Denbighshire are set to drop to as low as -2 on Saturday with highs of 6C.
What the Met Office predicts:
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A Norwegian surge has plunged parts of Britain into sub-zero temperatures as the mercury dipped to as low as -8.5C in Scotland overnight.
Snow flurries are due in Scotland, with ice risks and widespread frosts including in the south as temperatures fell as low as -6C in England last night.
Most areas of the UK will stay dry today with cold air arriving from northern Norway causing temperatures to plummet this weekend.
Met Office forecaster Matthew Box told MailOnline: We could see frosty conditions again tonight, with temperatures perhaps reaching similar values of -5 or -6C across parts of the country in England and Wales.
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“Temperatures are expected to trend close to average, although some overnight frosts are still possible, mainly in northern parts of the country.”
Last month saw the highest and lowest temperatures of the UK’s winter season recorded, in one of the most up-and-down Februaries of recent years.
Cold conditions from the east brought temperatures right down to a freezing -23C at Braemar in Aberdeenshire on February 11.
That was the lowest temperature in the UK since 1955 and the lowest in February since 1955, according to the Met Office.
Forecasters said a southerly flow brought warm weather from the Canaries in Spain and Africa, which led to the season’s highest temperature at 18.4C in Suffolk on February 24.