Lenham (Kent) weather

Headline:

Cloudy start Saturday, then dry with sunny spells.

Today:

A cloudy start to the day, gradually lifting to reveal some good spells of sunshine by the afternoon. Winds will remain light, with temperatures staying close to the seasonal norm Maximum temperature 25 °C.

Tonight:

Mist and fog patches developing in prone rural spots with cloud making inroads from the coast through the early hours. Minimum temperature 11 °C.

Sunday:

Another cloudy start, especially in coastal regions, likely burning away quicker than Saturday to see plenty of sunshine. Temperatures close to average. Maximum temperature 26 °C.

Outlook for Monday to Wednesday:

Settled conditions expected through the period with cloudy mornings gradually turning to sunny afternoons. Coastal areas may remain cloudy with the odd spot of drizzle possible. Temperatures close to average.

High pressure is likely to be the dominant feature at first, initially centred near to Iceland, allowing a north to northeasterly airstream to affect much of the UK, leading to rather cool conditions. High pressure is likely to progress SE across the UK for a time, bringing widely fine and dry conditions and for some, an increase in temperatures, relative to the previous few days. Whilst this is happening a deep area of low pressure is likely to develop in the North Atlantic, linked to Tropical Storm Erin. The final week of August may see Atlantic weather systems progress over the UK, especially in the north and west, with a small chance of widely wetter and windier weather developing. The evolution of this is highly uncertain though.

Confidence in the details through this period is low. However, low pressure and therefore unsettled or changeable weather looks more likely, and with this comes the potential for stronger winds at times as well. Whether this takes the form of further low pressure systems running in from the Atlantic, or a rather more slowly evolving weather pattern with the potential for heavy showers is less clear. Temperatures are likely be near to above average overall.