Issued: 0530hrs Monday 31st January 2021
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Cold for most of Europe, especially the east, but fair in the west

Monday
Fair weather through most of Spain and Portugal today with lots of sunshine. Some showers and cooler weather affecting the Balearics. Cool in Italy too with wind and rain in the south, but fine in the north. Unsettled in Greece with rain here, heavy in the west. Turkey will have some rain in the west and south, but most areas will be fair.
A band of showers and rain passing south and east through France. Cool with sunny spells and dry weather in northern and western areas. Heavy rain in Germany as well as strong winds, possibly turning to sleet. Some rain in western Poland but fair in the east.
Windy with rain through Denmark, this turning wintry. Further rain and sleet in the south of Sweden. The baltic States will have some sunny spells and a scattering of showers. Finland will have a few snow showers. Dry in most of central and northern Sweden. Sleet and rain in southern Norway, snow showers in the north with some bright or sunny spells.

Tuesday
A fine day for Tuesday with plenty of sunshine and dry conditions. Some showers and feeling cool in the Balearics. More rain in the south of Italy, but fair in central and northern Italy. Further rain and wind in Greece, some of it heavy. Rain too in eastern and southern Turkey.
Some showers in eastern and southern France. Fine to the north and west. Breezy in eastern and southern areas with some rain or showers. The Low Countries will have showers and wind. Cold through Germany with heavy showers, some of them wintry and merging to longer spells of rain. Poland will have bands of heavy showers, some wintry, affecting western areas. Dry and bright for Hungary. A few showers in Austria with sunshine in Switzerland.
Wind and rain through Denmark, some of it heavy. Rain and sleet in the southern half of Norway where it could be windy too. Fair and cold in northern Norway. Seden will be dry with some sunshine in the south. Snow showers for the Baltic States. Further snow showers in Finland too.