More wet and windy weather could be on its way to Kent, say forecasters at the Met Office.

The county has been hit by some difficult conditions in the last week as a result of French Storm Claudio, which led to separate weather warnings for gale force winds and heavy rain and saw numerous roads flooded as river levels also rose.

While much of the UK, including the south east, will have the chance to dry out towards the end of this week thanks to some milder weather that could see overnight temperatures remain as high as 14C, next week say forescasters is expected to start once again on a 'livelier note'.

Over the coming days warm air will be carried over eastern parts of the US by Tropical Storm Nicole, say weather watchers at London's meteorological office, which will meet very cold air bringing wintry weather to America's Midwest.

The knock on effects of this will be a very active jet stream in the Atlantic, believes the Met Office, that will propel much more unsettled weather towards the UK again next week.

Forecaster Alex Deakin explained: "A strong jet stream often leads to an unsettled, usually wet and windy theme with low pressures approaching the UK.

"These low pressures have the potential to become quite volatile bringing some very windy weather to the UK throughout next week so it’s important to keep up to date with the forecast over the coming days."