Sunny spells are forecast today before a widespread frost in the evening.

The Met Office forecast for Tuesday: ‘Starting rather cloudy today with a risk of one or two showers, but any showers will soon die out as sunny spells develop later in the morning and into the afternoon.

‘Maximum temperature 8 Celsius, with light or moderate southwest veering westerly winds.

‘This evening and tonight a widespread frost will develop as temperatures fall close to zero.

‘Then tomorrow will begin dry and bright, but it will turn increasingly cloudy with rain arriving later in the day as the southeast winds increase strong to gale force.’