Maidstone (Kent) weather

Headline:

Largely cloudy with spells of rain this week.

Today:

Any early brightness will soon be replaced by strengthening winds, and outbreaks of rain, locally heavy, moving northwards through the morning, continuing through the afternoon. Temperatures near normal. Maximum temperature 10 °C.

Tonight:

Remaining cloudy through the evening and overnight, with hill fog. Further outbreaks of rain moving northwards, which may be persistent and rather heavy. Winds gradually easing inland. Minimum temperature 6 °C.

Thursday:

A breezy and cloudy day, with hill fog. Outbreaks of rain, heavy and persistent at times, will continue to move northward. Drier for a time overnight. Temperatures near normal. Maximum temperature 10 °C.

Outlook for Friday to Sunday:

Rather windy to start, especially over hills, with a mixture of variable cloud and outbreaks of rain. Wind and rain easing later. Temperatures gradually trending down.

Weather systems moving in from the Atlantic will continue to attempt to push in from the west, but tending to stall in the vicinity of the UK as they encounter high pressure to the north and northeast. As a result, further spells of rain or showers are likely at times. These may be heavy and persistent, especially in the south and west, with the best of any drier interludes in the far north and northeast. Whilst mild conditions are expected to encroach into the south and southwest at times, it is likely to turn somewhat colder through this period, bringing the risk of some snow showers, most likely across hills in Scotland and northern England.

A similar theme is expected to continue as Atlantic frontal systems attempt to push eastwards at times. As the jet stream is slightly further south than normal, the wettest conditions are more likely in central and southern areas. North and northwestern parts of the UK are most likely to be drier than normal. Whilst mild incursions of wet and windy weather are favoured at times in the south and west, colder conditions in the north and northeast will bring associated wintry hazards where any precipitation attempts to spread in, especially on hills.