Ashford (Kent) weather

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Mainly dry, very warm or hot by Wednesday afternoon.

Today:

Largely dry with some hazy sunshine. Chance of a heavy shower developing during the afternoon, perhaps more especially in the east. Very warm or locally hot conditions developing with mostly light winds. Maximum temperature 28 °C.

Tonight:

Any showers soon dying out then a fine night with some clear spells expected. Winds easing to a light westerly. Minimum temperature 11 °C.

Thursday:

A bright and rather breezy day on Thursday with a chance of a light afternoon shower. A sunny end to the day is likely, with winds easing light. Maximum temperature 23 °C.

Outlook for Friday to Sunday:

Mainly dry to end the week with clear or sunny spells. Temperatures near or slightly above normal. A noticeable breeze by Saturday, especially across Kent with cooler conditions developing here.

High pressure will tend to be located either over or close to the UK through much of this period, leading to a more widely settled period of weather for most, with some cool nights, but near or slightly above average temperatures by day. That said, weak frontal systems could still provide some cloud and patchy outbreaks of rain at times, this most likely in northwestern areas, and there is a chance of some heavy thundery showers and more humid conditions in the south too. The mostly settled conditions are expected to then win out, with high pressure building in from the southwest once more, with the chance of seeing a more widely showery spell towards the end of this period considered low.

Moving through then beyond mid-September confidence for the continuation of settled weather falls low. Instead, it is more likely that there will be a return to a mixture of weather types, with spells of wet weather interspersed with drier periods. By this period it is expected temperatures will have returned to near average, perhaps slightly cooler than average in the north or northwest at times.