Issued: 0530hrs Thursday 1st December 2011
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling
Colder through northern areas but a brighter day to the south
Thursday
It is going to be a fine day through Iberia with good spells of sunshine. Staying fine into the Mediterranean too with more sunshine across the Balearics and into Italy. Greece and Turkey will have a fine day with more sunshine and dry weather here throughout.
Fair for the south of France, Switzerland, Hungary and Austria with good spells of sunshine. Central and northern France will have more cloud and some outbreaks of rain, this affecting the Low Countries and northern parts of Germany where it will also be windy. Breezy for Poland with the chance of some drizzle later.
Cloud and rain moving into Denmark and the west of Norway, some of it heavy. Windy with showers through Sweden. The Baltic States and Finland should be dry, although rather breezy.
Friday
A fair day for western Portugal but showers for northern Spain and more persistent rain in the east. Some heavy periods of rain affecting southern parts of France. Italy should be largely fair although cloud and some spots of drizzle affecting the far north. Plenty of sunshine through Greece and Turkey.
Some cloud and rain across France, heavy through central parts of the country. Bright for the Low Countries and northern Germany, but cloud and rain across more southern areas with this running into Switzerland and Hungary as well as Austria.
A windy and cold day through Norway and Denmark with a mix of sunshine and showers here. More persistent cloud and rain affecting the Baltic States and Finland, and it will be very windy here as well.