SPRING might be firmly on the horizon now but there is to be no end to the arctic temperatures of the past week.
Apart from a few flurries, the good news is no significant snow fall is expected but the cold winds are set to continue.
Gary Salisbury, of the Ronaldsway Meteorological Office, said: ‘It’s really going to be more of the same. The sun is getting quite high in the sky now but the temperatures are being kept down by the wind.
‘At the moment it is a south easterly wind and by the end of the week it will be north easterly - so it is remaining in that easterly quadrant - the source being Russia, Poland, Scandinavia.
‘There could be a bit more snow or sleet but not really any quantity.’
Last weekend’s heavy snow was typical of what happens when there is an easterly gale coupled with wintry conditions causing the snow to drop on the leeward side of the hills in the west of the island, he said.
Wind strength is low at only around force four or five, so boat cancellations are unlikely.