Issued: 0530hrs Tuesday 19th December 2023
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Rain in northern parts of central Europe, fine to the south

Tuesday
Some, rain in the far northwest of Spain on Tuesday. Fair for the rest of Spain and Portugal. Good spells of sunshine in the Balearics and across Corsica and Sardinia. Italy will be fair too with more sunshine throughout. Greece and Turkey stay fair lots of sunshine and will be dry.
Rain and wind in the far north of France, but fair in central and southern areas. Rain for the Low Countries, some of it heavy, and this affects northern Germany too. Wet in northern Poland but dry to the south. Hungary and Austria will be dry and sunny as well be Switzerland and the south of Germany.
Wind and some rain through Denmark, most in the south. Windy and chill through the Baltic States. Severe gales in Finland with a risk of snow showers. Dry and windy and well as chilly in Switzerland. Frequent and heavy snow showers as well as strong winds in Norway.

Wednesday
A few showers in northern Spain but generally the day is fair and dry with good spells of sunshine. More cloud could affect southern areas. Fine through the central mediterranean and for most of Italy, although cloudier in the south with a risk of rain. Some rain in western and southern Greece, fine in the north and east. Turkey will have plenty of sunshine but some showers in the west.
France is windy in the north but overall it should be dry and fair with sunny spells. Wind and rain for the Low Countries and northern Germany. Poland will have some patchy rain in the north but fair to the south. Hungary, Austria and Switzerland should be dry with more sunshine.
Windy in Denmark with cloud and a few spots of rain. Some rain and snow in the Baltic States. Finland will be cloudy, some snow to the south but fair in the north. Snow may affect eastern Sweden but for most of the country it should be dry Some sunny spells for Norway, a few showers in the west.