Sittingbourne (Kent) weather

Headline:

Dry for much of the day. Cloud thickening, rain later.

Today:

Dry for much of the day with some limited sunny spells. Cloud thickening later in the afternoon, with outbreaks of rain possible in northern areas later. Feeling colder. Maximum temperature 9 °C.

Tonight:

Cloudy this evening, with outbreaks of rain in the north gradually moving southwards overnight. Becoming breezy, with strong winds on southern coasts for a time. Minimum temperature 4 °C.

Monday:

Cloudy with outbreaks of rain for most in the southwest of the region, although colder and turning somewhat drier in the northeast. Wet for all by evening with wind strengthening. Maximum temperature 9 °C.

Outlook for Tuesday to Thursday:

Rain at first Tuesday with strong winds, perhaps gales on coasts. This clearing during Tuesday to leave a cold and windy period with sunny spells, perhaps coastal rain on Thursday.

Cold or very cold conditions are expected across most if not all parts of the UK early in this period, with wintry showers affecting in particular northern parts and exposed coastal districts, although it may well be largely sunny inland. Overnight frost will be widespread and occasionally strong winds will result in significant wind chill. However, there is an increasing chance through the first weekend and into the following week of more organised areas of rain, snow and strong winds affecting many areas, this probably also associated with milder temperatures, at least in the south. Later in the period, conditions remain uncertain, but it is most likely to remain mostly unsettled with further spells of rain and snow.

Signals vary in prevailing weather patterns through early December. In general, there looks like a trend towards drier and more settled conditions, with high pressure potentially being the more dominant influence over the UK. However. there is also a chance of more changeable weather patterns, which would see Atlantic weather systems periodically move across the country. These will bring some wetter and windier interludes with a risk of some snow, especially for hills in the north. Temperatures generally close to average, perhaps a little above at times, especially in the south.