Issued: 0530hrs Wednesday 17th December 2014
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling
Changeable for much of Europe, most rain in north
Wednesday
A fair day in Portugal and Spain. Plenty of sunshine here and it should be staying dry too. An odd shower for the Balearics, but heavier showers in Italy. Further showers for Greece and also in the west of Turkey.
Cloud and rain in France, most in the north and west. Rain too through the Low Countries and Germany, the rain heavy at times in the north. More wind and rain in Poland, and the cloud with some spots of rain may affect Switzerland as well. Austria and Hungary should be drier.
Windy with cloud and rain in Denmark, this cloud and outbreaks of rain affecting Norway and the far south of Sweden too. Cloud with some showers in the Baltic States, a few heavy. Broken cloud for Finland and mostly dry, with similar weather in northern Sweden and the north of Norway
Thursday
Dry for Portugal and Spain with good spells of sunshine, although the sunshine hazy in central and eastern areas of Spain. Some heavy showers for the south of Italy, but dry to the north. Heavy showers in Greece and through the west of Turkey, but dry in the east.
Cloud and rain across western France, some of it heavy at times. Further cloud, drizzle and light rain in the Low Countries as well as the far west of Germany. More eastern parts of Germany will be dry with hazy sunshine, and it should be dry in Poland too. Fair for Austria and Hungary, increasing cloud in Switzerland.
Denmark should be dry with increasing cloud. Some cloud and showers in the Baltic States and Finland. Sweden should be dry with sunny spells, and it should be dry too for Norway.