Issued: 0530hrs Wednesday 3rd December 2014
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Cold through much of eastern and central Europe, rain to the south

Wednesday
Cloud and some outbreaks of rain through Spain and Portugal today. There cou;d be some heavy rain in southern Spain with a few thunderstorms here. Scattered showers in the Balearics, but heavier and more persistent showers or rain for Italy. Mild in Greece and Turkey with good spells of sunshine here.
Mainly dry in France with some bright or sunny spells here, but feeling cool. Dry too in the Low Countries and Germany with some sunny spells. Fair in Switzerland, Hungary and Austria too with sunny spells here, but feeling cool for most. Staying fair in Poland and for western Russia as well.
A fair day through the UK and Ireland as well as Denmark. Fair too in southern Sweden and the Baltic States and staying dry here. A windier day through Finland with cloud and some sleet here. Windy for the north of Sweden and Norway with more cloud and some rain and snow.

Thursday
Showers and some cloud across southern Spain today, with some sunshine and mainly dry weather in Portugal. Heavy showers affecting eastern Spain and the Balearics, with some fo these heavy showers troubling south coasts of France. Mainly fair in much of Italy, but some showers in the northwest. Dry for Greece with sunny spells, but some heavy showers over western Turkey.
Some showers and cloud in northwest France, but dry for the rest of the country, although chilly. Cold for the Low Countries, Germany and Poland with largely dry weather here. Some snow flurries in Austria and Hungary as well as southwest England.
Dry and cold again through Denmark and Norway as well as most of Sweden. The Baltic States will be staying cold but mostly dry. Some cloud in Finland where it is going to cold once again too.