Issued: 0530hrs Wednesday 7th December 2011
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling
Sunshine through Iberia and western Mediterranean, colder more unsettled north
Wednesday
High pressure through Iberia brings sunny spells and dry weather here. Italy has a cool day with sunny spells. Greece and Turkey will be cloudier with showers or longer spells of rain at times. This cloud and rain affects the east of Bulgaria and Romania too.
Southern parts of France will be dry with sunny spells, and this dry weather extends into northern Italy as well. Through northern France, the Low Countries, Germany and Poland the weather will be windier and more unsettled with cloud and rain at times.
Sunny spells and some wintry showers over Norway and Sweden, especially to the south. The Baltic States and Finland will be breezy with wintry showers.
Thursday
Fair weather over Spain and Portugal with good spells of sunshine. It should be dry too. Remaining fair over southern parts of France and most of Italy. Some showers for eastern Italy, and these extending into Greece. More cloud and some showers affecting Turkey.
Through northern France the weather is going to be cloudy and breezy with rain at times. rain later in the day through the Low Countries, but fair over Germany and Poland with sunny spells here. Fair for Switzerland and Hungary as well as Austria.
To the north Denmark will be fair with some bright spells. A few wintry showers through Norway, but for the rest of Scandinavia the day will be mainly fair. Some snow affecting the Baltic States though.