Barometric Pressure Forecast for Kettering, United Kingdom
Barometric pressure forecast for Kettering, United Kingdom — in the Ise valley of Northamptonshire, about as far from the sea as England gets, in the drier lee of the western hills. See current barometric pressure and what it means for weather-sensitive people.
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Pressure and weather in Kettering
Kettering lies in the gentle limestone country of north Northamptonshire, in the valley of the River Ise, in one of the most landlocked parts of England. Distance from the sea gives the East Midlands a slightly more continental character than the west: a wider annual temperature range, colder clear nights and appreciably less rainfall, because Atlantic systems have already dropped much of their moisture over the Welsh and Pennine uplands before reaching here. The barometric pressure pattern still follows the North Atlantic storm track, but in an attenuated form. Depressions crossing the British Isles from October to February bring the familiar sequence of falling pressure, frontal passage and recovery, though the falls tend to be shallower than those recorded on the Atlantic-facing coasts. What this part of England does experience distinctly is blocking. When a high sets up over Scandinavia or the Greenland region, the jet is diverted, and eastern England can sit under high, almost unchanging pressure for a fortnight, sometimes drawing bitter continental air westward across the North Sea in winter. Summer is mostly quiet under weak gradients, with occasional thundery breakdowns after a hot spell. A barometric pressure forecast for Kettering is most useful across autumn and winter.
What this means for you
Can barometric pressure cause headaches? Inland England alternates between the rhythmic cycling of Atlantic depressions and long motionless blocked spells, and weather-sensitive people here often notice the first depression after a fortnight of blocking more than any individual storm. Use the barometric pressure forecast in Pressure Pal as a headache tracking app and check pressure change today when the pattern is about to break.