FREEZING temperatures which feel as low as -5C are being forecast for Andover this week.

The Met Office is predicting a mini-cold snap from tonight, when temperatures will drop towards freezing.

In the early hours of Tuesday morning temperatures will drop to -1C.

However the weather experts are predicting temperatures to feel more like -5C, right up until 8am on Tuesday morning.

The cold snap will be temporarily ended during a crisp but sunny day.

However it will return again on Tuesday night when temperatures will plummet to -2C by 10pm.

By 6am on Wednesday morning, temperatures will drop again to -3C, but is expected to feel more like -5C.

The Met Office is expecting widespread sharp frost early Wednesday, then slowly becoming a little less cold for Thursday and Friday with fewer overnight frosts as cloudier conditions gradually arrive.