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Last week's double-figure temperatures will be in stark contrast to a decidely chilly feel developing by Wednesday - indeed, some more northerly areas of the British Isles could see someÌýsignificant snowfall before midweek.

It's a decidely unsettled flavour toÌýour weather through the next 7 days or so, with frequent spells of rain, showers and quite windy conditions at times.

Billows of snowflakes fall from showers above South Gloucestershire in February. It's not impossible some areas of the West Country will see fleeting glimpses of this again by Wedneday...

Wet weather will arrive into the West Country later tonight and tomorrow (Monday) morning; spread quickly north and east;Ìýand from then onwards, the working week has the term 'inclement' stamped all over it.

Into Tuesday and Wednesday, as an area of low pressure passes northeastwards over England, we'll find the prevailing flow turns progressively from the north. It'll knock temperatures back by quite some margin and introduce a reminder - albeit temporary - of some weather more akin to winter.

The cumulativeÌýresult across parts of Wales, northernÌýEngland (North Pennines especially), S. Scotland and perhaps Northern Ireland is expected to be a mixture of heavy rain - possibly exceeding 60-75mm in some areas - plus disruptive snow, especially but not exclusively over higher ground. The to cater for this outcome.

Here in the West Country, it'll be feeling pretty cold by Wednesday. Daytime temperatures in parts ofÌýGloucestershire, for example, might struggle to exceed 5 or 6C and with the added factors of cloud cover,Ìýbreeze and rain, it'll be a case of reaching once again for those winter coats only recently tucked-away at the veryÌýback of coathooks!Ìý

It's alsoÌýnot impossible we could seeÌýsomething of aÌýwintry element to the precipitation in parts of our region, at least over higher ground, later on Tuesday and into Wednesday as the colder northerly air digs-in across all of the country. Brrrrr....

But it should prove a fleeting glimpse of any white stuff: by the end of the week, albeit still a tad chilly, temperatures should be returning closer to the norm . The weekend looks wet and windy and so realistically, the barbecues can remain firmly locked-away in garden sheds - at least for the time beingÌýfor the time being.Ìý

If you are after some spring-like weather, there'sÌýa hint at drier, brighter and milder spells forÌýparts of the southÌýfrom next week andÌýinto the 10 to 15 day period ahead. Fingers-crossed!

Meanwhile however, the consensus signalÌýfrom all the forecast models is for quite the opposite!ÌýÌýÌý