Kent C.C.C. (Kent) weather

Headline:

Cloudy and misty with morning drizzle. Turning wet and windy.

Today:

Cloudy with mist for most accompanied by some drizzle. Foggy over hills. Outbreaks of rain and strengthening winds arriving from the southwest from late morning. Rain turning heavy at times. Coastal gales by evening, perhaps severe. Milder later. Maximum temperature 8 °C.

Tonight:

Cloudy with the heaviest bursts of rain before midnight. Increasing chance of sleet and snow, especially over higher ground. Winds increasing with gales likely. Strongest near coast giving damaging gusts. Minimum temperature 0 °C.

Friday:

Cold and cloudy with further outbreaks of rain and snow Friday morning accompanied by strong winds. Turning drier from the west with brighter skies arriving. Maximum temperature 5 °C.

Outlook for Saturday to Monday:

Saturday bright but cloudier towards far east. Frosty with icy stretches overnight. Sunday probably dry, bright and cold. Chance of rain and snow for Monday, but low confidence currently.

There is now much higher confidence for milder air to overspread the UK by the start of this period with the last of the cold air of the past couple of weeks expected to clear from the extreme northeast during the course of Monday. So this period likely to see brisk southwesterly winds bringing a very different feel to the weather than of late. There will be some rain or showers at times, but also a good deal of dry weather and although often cloudy, some brighter interludes are expected, especially to the lee of high ground. The milder conditions will see temperatures widely above average, and will lead to a rapid thaw of any remaining lying snow across northern parts of Scotland.

The outlook through the latter part of January and into the start of February is typically uncertain. A broadly southwesterly regime is marginally favoured bringing changeable conditions and spells of wet, windy and mild weather are likely, potentially with some very strong winds at times. However there is a chance that drier and colder conditions could extend into the UK from the east or northeast, along with a risk of some snow.