Brabourne Lees (Kent) weather

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Thursday, mainly dry with variable cloud. Increasing breeze. Mild.

Today:

A dry start with bright spells after any early mist or fog patches clear. Turning rather cloudier through the afternoon, perhaps with a little patchy light rain or drizzle in places. An increasing breeze but mild. Maximum temperature 12 °C.

Tonight:

Cloudy overnight with some patchy light rain or drizzle in places, although often dry. Brisk breeze around the coast but lighter inland. Mild. Minimum temperature 8 °C.

Friday:

Cloudy with a weakening band of rain moving slowly east across the region, eventually clearing the Kent coast through the evening. Drier conditions follow from the west. Generally lighter winds. Maximum temperature 12 °C.

Outlook for Saturday to Monday:

Dry start Saturday, but further spells of wet and windy weather are expected at times through the period, with coastal gales possible. Temperatures remain above average.

The current unsettled spell of weather is likely to continue through much of next week. Further spells of rain are expected, likely to be heavy and prolonged at times, particularly in the west and northwest. Some drier spells of weather are also likely, these most reliably across southeastern parts of the UK. Often windy, especially in the north and west where there is potential for a spell of very strong winds to develop for a time early next week. Generally mild with any overnight frost patchy and mainly in the north. There are signs that conditions may become less disturbed heading towards the Christmas period, with the potential for high pressure to build bringing drier conditions, with the risk of overnight frost and fog patches increasing.

Moving into late-December and early January, there are signs that the persistent pattern of mild and wet weather, which has characterised the month so far, may ease somewhat, with a chance of high pressure becoming more influential. Compared to recently, the chance of dry, settled patterns of weather is higher with frost and fog more prevalent. Spells of rain and strong winds remain possible, but these are more likely to less frequent compared to the month so far. The chance of snowfall is likely to be higher than earlier in the month, particularly high ground in the north. Whilst the chance of impacts from cold weather is higher compared to earlier in the month, the likelihood of more widespread snow and ice remains very low.