SNOW was seen across Dorset at the weekend to the excitement of many but the icy blast is also putting more pressure on energy bills.

Temperatures will remain low over the coming days with highs of just 1C to 3C during the day with lows of minus 9C or even 10C predicted by overnight on Thursday.

An amber “severe” cold weather alert will be in place until Friday morning, December 16.

But will we see more snow this week?

Dorset Snow said: “Generally the wintry shower risk decreases as we head into the new week, with higher pressure building from the south. We do need to watch out to our south west though. A deep low pressure system is lurking and could be ready to pounce.”

He added: “If it comes too close to our shores then we could see a widespread snow event across southern England. As always, the models are currently in disagreement over the track of the system.”

No weather warnings for snow are currently in force but we will keep you updated as the situation changes.

Here’s what the Met Office is forecasting for the rest of the week:

Monday, December 12 – overcast changing to sunny intervals by lunchtime, 2C by day, feels like minus 1C, minus 4C at night but will feel like minus 6C

Tuesday, December 13 – cloudy, 3C by day but it will feel like minus 1C, minus 4C at night, feels like minus 9C

Wednesday, December 14 - overcast changing to sunny intervals by lunchtime, 2C by day but will feel like between minus 2C and minus 4C, minus 5C at night feeling like minus 10C

Thursday, December 15 – clear, 2C feel like minus 2 or 3C during the day, minus 7C at night feeling like minus 10C

Friday, December 16 – clear changing to partly cloudy by early evening, 2C by day but feels like 0C, 1C at night but feeling like minus 2C