Britain is set for a chilly start to the week with a cold air mass blowing from eastern Europe bringing temperatures as low as -2C . After a crisp weekend in which parts of the UK saw freezing overnight temperatures , the tail end of a cold blast means spring will continue to be put on hold . Clear skies at night will bring the coldest weather and will affect regions including East Anglia , with areas of high altitude , such as the Pennines , possibly seeing a dusting of snow . Scroll down for video . Cold predicted : Two people prepare their boat for sailing at Hill Head beach in Hampshire today as Britain prepares for a chilly start to the week . Kirk Waite , forecaster at the Met Office , said : 'At the moment we 're looking at things not changing much over the next few days with a lot of cloud and the odd bit of rain - but it will be mostly dry . 'It will be cloudy tonight with low temperatures of around 3C . Monday will see a cool , cloudy , grey start with the easterly cold air mass easing a little . We expect to see temperatures of around 9C in the North of the country and it will be a touch warmer in the South . 'Monday night could be the coldest night of the week where the cloud clears and in places such as East Anglia the temperature may fall to -2C . 'Throughout the week we 're going to see an increasing amount of sunshine . It will generally be quite dry and settled . 'On Tuesday and Wednesday the temperature will move up to around 13C to 14C . It will still be just below average at night , but it's fairly normal to get these variations in spring . 'Snow is possible only in the highest parts of the UK such as northwest Scotland and the Pennines , but as there wo n't be much precipitation this is unlikely . 'On Thursday the daytime temperature will be slightly cooler and drop back to around 10C . ' Weather this weekend was in stark contrast to the beginning of the month when the UK was warmer than Rome and Athens at a balmy 17.5C . Forecast : The UK is set for a cold and cloudy beginning to the week but temperatures will to rise on Tuesday and sunshine will increase . Thousands of sun-seekers were pictured flocking to Brighton Beach and London 's Hyde Park to welcome what they thought was the start of a new season . On Friday a near total eclipse of the sun will be viewable from the UK but with cloudy weather predicted , people hoping to catch a glimpse of the spectacle may end up disappointed . If the skies remain clear , it will be the best solar eclipse the country has seen since August 1999 , with between 85 per cent and 95 per cent of the sun obscured . The Northern and Western Isles of Scotland will see greatest eclipse , with nearly 98 per cent of the sun obscured at its peak .
Cold air blowing from eastern Europe will bring overnight temperatures of -2C to parts of Britain # East ##land . The weather will stay mostly dry and cloudy in most parts of town with a possible dusting of snow in the Pennines . The cold winds are expected to ease off throughout the week though - with Wednesday expected to be minimal .