Issued: 0530hrs Friday 29th January 2021
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Cold with snow in the east, mild and wet in the west

Friday
Fine through Portugal and Spain again today. More sunshine in the Balearics. Sunshine and showers over Italy, some of the showers will be heavy. Further heavy showers in western parts of Greece, drier and brighter to the east. Fair in western Turkey, rain in eastern parts of Turkey.
Mixed across France with rain to the north and east. Some rain in the far south too. Cloudy elsewhere and mostly dry. Rain across the Low Countries and through central Germany. Eastern Germany should be dry. Poland is going to be cold with sunny spells. Rain and some snow in Hungary. Austria and Switzerland will be wintry with periods of snow, some of it heavy.
Fair in Denmark and cool here. Some heavy snow showers in the Baltic States. Further snow showers and a strong winds in Finland. Some snow showers affecting eastern parts of Sweden. Staying cold in Norway with sunny spells and some snow showers.

Saturday
Rain in northern Spain. Some showers through central and southern parts of Spain. The Balearics should be bright with sunny spells. Fair across most of Italy, a few showers in the west. Breezy for Greece scattered showers in the west but heavier showers in the east. Thundery rain in western and southern Turkey could lead to some flooding.
Unsettled in France with periods of heavy rain across France. More rain into the Low Countries. Rain, sleet and some snow in western parts of Germany but fair in the east. Rain for southern Poland, fair in the north. Rain across Hungary, fair in Austria. Some rain and snow in the west.
Fair and cold in Denmark with good spells of sunshine. Some snow for the Baltic States. Cloud and some snow showers to come across Finland. Further snow showers in eastern Sweden. Cold again with snow in the north and west but fair to the south.