With snow and ice hitting the region, and amber weather warnings in place to keep people safe, The Northern Echo has pulled together an hour-by-hour weather forecast to keep you up to date with the latest on this arctic blast. 

The Met Office has advised that today (Thursday, March 9) will be cold with a widespread frost at first, and snow showers affecting coastal regions. Some areas may have a few inches of fresh snow that fell overnight. 

Cloud moving northwards from late morning, bringing a mix of occasionally heavy rain, sleet or snow, reaching the far north by the evening. Breezy. Maximum temperature 4 °C.

Find out live snow blog here, to stay up to date with the latest weather news in the region.

As night falls, the region will experience cloudy conditions with rain, sleet or snow. This will be heavy at times, and is predicted to affect much of the region overnight, starting to ease in the north by dawn. Overall, conditions will be very cold and windy, with a minimum temperature of -2 °C.

The hour-by-hour temperature forecast for the North East looks like:

7.00 am: - 2 °C and cloudy 

8.00 am: - 2 °C and cloudy 

9.00 am: - 1 °C and cloudy 

10.00 am: 0 °C with light snow 

11.00 am: 2 °C with light snow 

12.00 am: 3 °C with light snow

1.00 pm: 3 °C with heavy snow

2.00 pm: 3 °C with heavy snow 

3.00 pm: 2 °C with sleet and snow

4.00 pm: 2 °C with heavy snow

5.00 pm: 2 °C with heavy snow

6.00 pm: 2 °C with heavy snow

7.00 pm: 2 °C and cloudy 

8.00 pm: 2 °C and cloudy 

9.00 pm: 2 °C and cloudy 

10.00 pm: 2 °C and cloudy 

11.00 pm: 2 °C and cloudy 

12.00 pm: 2 °C and cloudy