Weather over Christmas in Kent according to the Met Office
10:50, 17 December 2019
updated: 13:01, 18 December 2019
Christmas looks more likely to be windy rather than white for many across Kent over the festive period.
Across parts of north England yesterday, up to 2cm of snow fell, which led to predictions snow could fall on December 25 in the country.
But the Met Office say there is nothing in the forecast to suggest there will be a White Christmas in Kent.
According to the Met Office, the last recording of falling snow in Kent on Christmas Day was in Goudhurst in 2001, however you have to go back to 1981 for the last time there was lying snow in the county on December 25.
They say it can only accurately forecast snow on Christmas Day five days in advance.
"Saturday will probably remain unsettled in the north, but (with) persistent rain tending to be replaced by more showery conditions," the Met Office's long-range forecast predicts for the period of Saturday, December 21 until Monday, December 30.
"The south should begin fine, though heavy rain and strong winds will arrive later on.
"Thereafter, it will remain milder and unsettled again as further bands of rain and strong winds edge in from the west.
"Changeable and, sometimes, windy conditions will probably last for the rest of the period.
"Most of the rain will probably be in the west with drier spells more likely in the east and south east.
"There remains a chance that more settled, brighter conditions may push in towards the end of this period, leading to a trend to slightly colder than average temperatures."
BBC Weather predict light rain and a moderate breeze across most of the county on Christmas eve, with the majority of the county, at least, then forecast a dry Christmas and Boxing Day.
The last time there was widespread snowfall on Christmas Day in England was in 2010.
Flood alerts have already been issued across Kent in the build up to the festive period.
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