Issued: 0530hrs Friday 30th December 2022
Duty forecaster: Alexi Venerus

Windy with widespread gales across northern Europe.

Friday
Some rain in northwest Spain, but otherwise much of Portugal and Spain will be dry and fair with plenty of sunshine. Staying fair through the Balearics, Corsica and Sardinia. Scattered showers in western Italy, fair for most with plenty of sunshine. Greece should be dry with sunshine too. Turkey may have a shower in the west and south but should be mostly dry.
Windy and wet across France, the rain heavy in the north where there will be gales. Drier in the far south of France. Staying wet and windy for the Low Countries, with rain pushing into Germany and strong winds here. Fair for Poland but winds increasing later. Hungary may be damp in the east, but rain affects Austria and Switzerland.
Windy in Denmark and turning wet. Breezy for Sweden and rather cloudy here. Patchy rain and sleet in the Baltic States with snow showers in Finland. Windy in much of Norway with snow in the south, drier to the north.

Saturday
Largely dry across Spain and Portugal though cloud and some rain will push on to coastal regions of northwest Spain and Portugal with winds strengthening. Dry with sunshine across the Balearics, much of Italy, Greece and Turkey though the odd shower cannot be completely ruled out.
Windy though dry today across France. Some rain affecting the coasts of the Netherlands, Germany and Poland, otherwise dry here though windy. Dry with sunny spells through the rest of eastern Europe. Particularly windy over the higher ground through Austria and Switzerland though it should be mainly dry here.
Rain pushing across Denmark with blustery winds. Largely dry throughout Sweden though rain moving in to the far south here later as well as Norway. Very windy further north. Windy and wet with rain, sleet and snow to Finland. Rain moving north through the Baltic States with a blustery wind.