Issued: 0530hrs Saturday 10th January 2015
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling
Turning colder in northern Europe, stormy too, and drier to the south
Saturday
Fine for Spain and Portugal on Friday with more sunshine in western parts of the Mediterranean. Hazy sunshine in Italy, but fine for Greece and Turkey.
Wind cloud and some showery rain in the far north of France, but for the rest of the country it should be dry with sunny spells. Very windy through the Low Countries and Germany with some cloud and rain in the far north. Cloudy with the risk of drizzle, but also gales in Poland. Breezy in Austria, Hungary and Switzerland and staying dry here too.
Severe gales in Denmark with cloud and rain. Heavy rain and severe gales affecting most of the southern half of Norway and southern Sweden. Cloud and sleet or rain arriving in the Baltic States later in the day. Drier for Finland, snow in the evening.
Sunday
Some showery rain over northern Spain. For most of the country and Portugal it will be dry with plenty of sunshine. More sunshine across the Balearics and Italy, and staying dry and sunny for Greece and Turkey too.
Cloud and showery rain in central and southern France, although dry, brighter and cooler to the north. Sunny with a few wintry showers in the Low Countries and northern Germany. Southern Germany and the south of Poland will be cloudy with some wintry outbreaks of rain here. Bright in Switzerland and much of Austria and Hungary.
Severe gales in Denmark. Sunny spells with a few wintry showers. Staying windy in the Baltic States with some snow showers here. Snow, some heavy in Finland as well as northern Sweden and northern Norway.