Issued: 0530hrs Saturday 24th December 2011
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Fine in the western Mediterranean but unsettled to the east

Christmas Eve
Fair across Spain and Portugal with some good spells of sunshine here. It stays dry and fine across most of France and the Low Countries too. There will be some cloud and rain affecting the northwest of Italy and southeast France with strong winds here. Fair through the Low Countries and Germany.
Southern Italy will have some sunny spells and should be dry, whilst Greece is cold and dry as well. Some showers across Turkey, a few of them heavy. Fair for Bulgaria and Romania and feeling cold here.
To the north there will be some fair and mild conditions through Norway and Denmark, with morning rain clearing the east coast of Sweden. Sleet and snow turning to rain through through Finland and the Baltic States.

Christmas Day
Fair across Spain and Portugal with some good spells of sunshine here. It stays dry and fine across most of France and the Low Countries too. There will be some cloud and rain affecting the northwest of Italy and southeast France with strong winds here. Fair through the Low Countries and Germany.
Southern Italy will have some sunny spells and should be dry, whilst Greece is cold and dry as well. Some showers across Turkey, a few of them heavy. Fair for Bulgaria and Romania and feeling cold here.
To the north there will be some fair and mild conditions through Norway and Denmark, with morning rain clearing the east coast of Sweden. Sleet and snow turning to rain through through Finland and the Baltic States.