Issued: 0530hrs Wednesday 14th January 2015
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Windy and unsettled north with gales at times, fair in the Mediterranean

Wednesday
A fair day for most of Spain and Portugal. Cloud and showery outbreaks of rain in northwest Spain. Fair for the Mediterranean and Italy with more sunshine to come. Showers affecting the east of Greece with the risk of rain here. Further cloud and rain in Turkey.
Windy through France and the Low Countries as well as northern Germany. This brings cloud and rain here, some of it heavy. Poland stays windy and with further outbreaks of rain. Generally dry in Switzerland and Austria as well as Hungary.
Cluod and further spells of rain in Denmark, some of them heavy. Staying cloudy across the south of Sweden with more rain to come here. Cloudy and damp in the Baltic States, and then further cloud and showers in Finland. Heavy wintry showers affecting Norway.

Thursday
Rain affecting northwestern Portugal and Spain today. Dry and sunny to the south and east, and this sunshine extending into the Balearics too. More sunshine over Italy and dry weather here too. Fair in Greece and Turkey, dry and sunny throughout, although frosty inland.
Breezy with rain and turning colder for the north and west of France. Wind and outbreaks of rain to come in the Low Countries, some of it heavy, and this affecting Germany and northern Poland too. Some showers in Austria, Hungary and Switzerland.
Very strong winds in more northern areas with gales through Denmark and Norway. Rain arriving here, some of it heavy. Fair for the Baltic States and Finland.