colder weather is set to last the first half of may - and the forecast comes less than a fortnight after the mercury breached the 25c -lrb- 77f -rrb- mark -rrb- this week are set to be average for april , with showers on the way and temperatures barely in double figures for most of the country .
sleet and snow are forecast for today and tomorrow from the pennines northwards , and there were small accumulations yesterday in the cairngorms .