spring officially started three weeks ago, but the chilly wintry weather is still very apparent   with hail and even snow expected to hit britain this week the top uk temperature expected today is 11c (52f) in york, while london should see 10c (50f)   after many places basked in sunshine yesterday yesterday's high in britain was 148c (586f) at helen's bay in county down, northern ireland, but parts of east sussex only managed 59c (426f) and the winter coats will have to come back out of the wardrobe this week, because the warm weather is  expected to take a turn for the worst scroll down for video  glorious scene: two mallards glide across the still waters of derwentwater on a beautiful spring morning in the lake district yesterday  lovely day: this was the beautiful scene at derwentwater yesterday, but the winter coats will have to come back out of the wardrobe today  looking out: hundreds of spring lambs are set to be born in the lambing 'maternity' barns at doe park farm in teesdale, county durham  busiest time of the year: sheep farmers have spent the past week bringing new life into the world as the lambing season gets underway  and overnight frosts are predicted for the rest of the week, although a fine sunny morning began the day in the south today however forecasters have predicted a band cloud and rain will move southwards from across wales and northern england scattered heavy showers will turn wintry across hills, which may turn into thunder and hail met office forecaster kate brown said: ‘the cold nights are set to continue with temperatures at 1c or 2c (33f or 35f) 'it will start to get warmer by thursday or friday night, up to 4c (39f) ‘the cold weather means gardeners should probably keep their plants in the greenhouses for a little longer to avoid being damaged by frost’ she added that a weak band of rain will be replaced by sunshine across the uk today, followed by some heavy showers, thunder and hail there is also a chance of snow on higher ground, with heavy showers leading to up to 02in (05cm) of rain falling in some places the environment agency and natural resources wales have 21 flood alerts and five more serious flood warnings in place today forecast: rain is predicted in several areas across the country, but by wednesday the sun will begin to emerge again from behind the clouds  on alert: the environment agency and natural resources wales have 21 flood alerts and five more serious flood warnings in place today country wide view: this satellite image from metdesk's home and dry app shows how yesterday was a lovely spring morning for some parts  and while there will be a brief break from the rain on wednesday, with sunshine expected, a band of rain and cloud will move eastwards that night the met office said the first week of the easter holidays, which start on friday, will see highs of 10c and a mix of clear spells and showers or rain on the first day of the holidays   saturday, march 28   brighter showery conditions are expected, before a more settled day arrives on sunday then, forecasters warn of a ‘period of more changeable westerlies the following week and through the easter weekend’ they say wet weather is likely to push across the uk, interspersed by brighter, but also showery, periods   with the best weather in the south east britain’s warmest day of the year so far was march 8, when temperatures hit 175c (635f) at murlough in county down, northern ireland meteorological spring began on march 1, while the astronomical spring began last friday six people had to be rescued by coastguard and lifeboat teams in three different incidents on saturday after extreme spring tides four teenagers were rescued from chest high water after becoming trapped by the incoming tide, while two people got stuck up to their knees in mud some 50 coastguard volunteers, lifeboat crew, police, fire and ambulance officers were involved in the rescues in dorset between 5pm and 7pm spring tides   when the difference between low and high tide is greatest   happen twice a month when the earth, sun and moon align but this was even bigger than usual because of the recent supermoon   when the moon is as close to the earth as it can be   and the spring equinox the four foreign teenagers called the emergency services because they were lost and becoming cut off by a rising tide near old harry rocks the group had started walking at about 230pm and were able to walk quite far along the shore due to the extremely low tide but when the tide came back in quickly, trapping them, they called the coastguard they were connected to an arabic interpreter so the coastguard could establish where the group were while rnli teams carried out a search by the time they were found the rapidly incoming tide was up to their chests also, a female dog walker was also rescued after she became stuck in mud up to her knees at whitecliff in poole at 5pm and shortly after a second team was launched to help a bait digger stuck at jerry's point in studland the swanage coastguard team could not get near the trapped man due to the thick mud poole rnli had used inflatable rafts to bring him to shore ian brown from swanage coastguard said: ‘in my 24 years i've never seen the tide come back quite as quick as it did yesterday [saturday]’
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top uk temperature forecast today is 11c  in york while county down was yesterday's warmest at 13c . but overnight frosts are predicted for rest of week   with heavy showers, thunder and hail expected today . environment agency and natural resources wales have more than 25 flood alerts and warnings in place . met office says first week of easter holidays will see 10c highs and mix of clear spells and showers/rain 