The Met Office has said that it is too early to predict with any certainty whether the North East and the rest of the UK will get heavy snow this month.
While forecasts last week said the country was set for imminent snow, new analysis from weather radars suggests this is no longer the case, the Mirror reports.
Temperatures will remain mild for the coming days, even peaking at 13C in places in the southwest on Friday.
Then gales of up to 70mph will lash across the country.
Speaking to Mirror Online, Met Office forecaster Nicola Maxey said: "It will get colder next week but it is too early to forecast whether there'll be snow or what temperatures we should expect.
"We can only say with a great deal of uncertainty what the weather may be at this early stage.
"Polar maritime air moving in from the north will cause temperatures to fall. There is potential for some snow in parts of the north but that's not a certainty by any means.
"It'll remain mild this week and on Saturday and Sunday potentially. Temperatures will be in double figures for most of the country before then, around 12 or 13C in places.
"There is potential for heavy rain though when it becomes windier.
"As we go through the next few days, it is likely the weather warning for wind will be refined or trimmed down somewhat as it is too early to tell where it'll be at its worst at the moment unfortunately.
"There is potential for weather warnings for rain too."
The unsettled pattern should remain for the rest of the month, forecasters add.
The temperature in the North East during the coming days is set to range from -2C to around 8C.
