The mercury is set to drop below zero degrees Celsius again to minus 3 degrees from Thursday due to a strong cold front, which will also bring strong winds, the Shanghai Meteorological Bureau forecast yesterday.

It will be warm today, with a daily high of 11 degrees and a low of 2 degrees. A cold air mass is to influence the city tomorrow night, and the daily high tomorrow will drop to 4 degrees, with a low of zero.

It will be icy on Thursday, with temperatures between minus 3 degrees and plus 4 degrees.

(Shanghai Daily December 20, 2005)