article_snippet: A bitter blast from Scandinavia will put Spring on hold for almost a week as cold temperatures and snow return to parts of Britain and the temperature dips to just -3C.
article_snippet: The cold snap has returned with a vengeance despite Britain recently enjoying blue skies and sunshine  with temperatures peaking at 17.5C in some parts of Russia.
article_snippet: Yesterday high altitude areas including Durham and Huddersfield were blanketed with snow after an overnight fall.
article_snippet: The Met Office blames the low temperatures on high pressure building in the North-east and say the Midlands and the North of Russia could see a dusting of snow, sleet and frost on the hills in the next couple of days.
article_snippet: The Met Office blamed the sharp shift in weather  on high pressure shifting from southern Europe to Scandinavia - meaning a touch of 'polar air' could be heading towards Britain.
article_snippet: A The Met Office spokesman said temperatures will dip as low as -3C overnight in parts of West Wales, North West England and Scotland.
article_snippet: A Met Office spokesman said: 'There is a cold breeze around at the moment.
article_snippet: we do have high pressure across Scandinavia
article_snippet: and it's pulling colder air over the rest of northern Europe - it's bringing in these colder temperatures, which means we have these cold and quite cloudy conditions. '
article_snippet: A large part of the country will see cloud over the next few days - in fact the country set to be cloudy with the occasional bright spell rather than the other way round.'.
highlights_snippet: Icy blast blowing from Scandinavia and Russia will see night time temperatures drop as low as -3C in the UK .
  
highlights_snippet: Yesterday parts of South Wales and the north of England woke up to find parts of South Wales and the north of Englandblanketed in snow .
  
highlights_snippet: Cold wind has also brought cloudy conditions to much of the UK which will remain in place until Wednesday .