Kettering (Northamptonshire) weather

Headline:

Hot again for many during Tuesday.

Today:

Hot and humid with sunny spells for many. A developing north-easterly breeze and increasing cloud amounts could bring cooler and fresher conditions across the northeast of the region and coastal parts later on Tuesday. Chance of a thundery evening shower. Maximum temperature 31 °C.

Tonight:

A mostly fine night across the region once any isolated thundery showers have cleared east. Turning cloudy across most areas, except perhaps far western parts. Light winds. Feeling fresher. Minimum temperature 14 °C.

Wednesday:

Cloud, mostly across eastern areas, thinning and breaking during Wednesday morning, with dry and warm conditions by afternoon. Increasing amounts of sunshine. Mostly fine evening likely. Maximum temperature 24 °C.

Outlook for Thursday to Saturday:

Dry and bright Thursday with some cloud. Increasingly breezy Friday but remaining dry and bright. Saturday rather windy with increasing chance of showers or rain. Temperatures slightly above normal.

Following a fine couple of days in the run up to this period, away from the far northwest where more persistent rain is expected to develop, a transition to something more unsettled countrywide looks likely. Cloud and rain associated with an Atlantic frontal system and area of low pressure is likely to sweep south and east, with rain always most persistent on western hills whilst some eastern areas in shelter could see warm and humid brighter breaks. Likely turning cooler and more showery later in the weekend and into next week, followed by a changeable pattern with further areas of cloud and rain and brighter, more settled spells in-between. Temperatures are likely to be around average overall, with an increasing chance of warmth in the south as the period progresses.

Changeable conditions with a predominantly northwest to southeast split in temperature and rainfall, and the potential for further occasional episodes of hot weather and thundery outbreaks, are considered likely to gradually give way to something more settled and dry overall through the second half of July. Temperatures are likely to be above average, with the greatest chance of very warm or hot spells in the south or southeast.