Issued: 0530hrs Thursday 15th October 2015
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling
Heavy rain in central Europe, fair to the north, showers to the south
Thursday
Fair with sunny spells over Spain and Portugal. More sunny spells in the Balearics and dry here too. Showers over Italy, some of them heavy. Greece is likely to be dry with lengthy spells of sunshine here, and staying dry and sunny in Turkey too.
Western parts of France are likely to be dry with further spells of sunshine. Cloud and showers in eastern parts of France. Cloud and some showers over the Low Countries. A chilly day with cloud and rain in northern Germany and Poland, where it will be breezy too. Spells of rain for Hungary and Austria as well as Switzerland.
Windy and chilly in Denmark with cloud and a few showers here. The Baltic States will have sunny spells and should be dry. Cloud and some sunny spells in Finland and much of Sweden. Cloud and some rain over the casts of Norway, but drier inland with sunny spells.
Friday
Some patchy rain in southwest Spain and Portugal. Generally drier in the rest of Iberia with sunny spells. A few showers in the balearics. Heavy showers affecting Italy, some rain in the north and south. Heavy periods of rain across Croatia, Slovenia and Serbia. Heavy showers or longer spells of rain for Greece, but dry with sunny spells across Turkey.
Cloudy and rain in northern and eastern parts of France, but dry to the south. Further cloud and showery rain for the Low Countries and Germany, with some heavy showers or longer spells of rain in Poland. Austria and Hungary will be rather cloudy and damp with some outbreaks of rain here. Showers affecting Poland, some heavy.
Breezy and cool for Denmark with cloud and showery outbreaks of rain here. Cloud and some rain in the Baltic States. Finland should be dry with sunny spells here. Broken cloud in more southern and eastern parts of Sweden, drier to the north. Much of Norway will be dry with sunny spells, although cloud, wind and rain affecting the north.