Moped and bicycle riders brave city's snow and icy roads early on Tuesday morning. [Shanghai Daily]

The snow has gone but drizzling rain may return to Shanghai tomorrow with a rise in the mercury as the cold front passes, forecasters said.

Warm and wet air from the south should push temperatures back above 10 degrees Celsius during the weekend, said the Shanghai Meteorological Bureau.

Today is forecast to be cloudy to overcast with the temperature ranging from 0 degrees Celsius to a high of 7 degrees. Tomorrow also should be overcast with drizzle in part of the city. The low should rise to 3 degrees Celsius with a high of 8.

Heavy snow affected Shanghai as well as the entire Yangtze River Delta region yesterday morning under the influence of both warm and cold air.

"Most of the snow appeared from 5am to 9am and the accumulation in the suburbs reached the deepest, 3 to 6 centimeters, while in downtown it was much lighter, about 1 centimeter," said Zhang Ruiyi, a chief service officer of the bureau.

The bureau lifted the cold wave and snow alerts later in the day as the temperature quickly rose above 0. The icy road alert was also lifted in the afternoon as ice and snow melted.

Zhang reminded people that there may be ice in some areas of the city this morning as the temperature will be low.