Issued: 0530hrs Sunday 25th November 2018
Duty forecaster: Claire Darbinyan

Heavy showers moving across much of the Mediterranean for Sunday and Monday with wintry showers affecting the Alps and surrounding countries. Cold and largely dry for Scandinavia with some snow in the north and east.


Sunday
Rain in Portugal today, heavy in the west. Fair for northern Spain but some showers over the central mountains. Fair over the Balearics with a few heavy showers to come in Corsica and Sardinia. Rain in north and west Greece which will be locally heavy, dry elsewhere. Fair in Turkey with good spells of sunshine.
Rain in most of France with the exception of the northwest coast. The Low Countries should be mostly dry with sunny spells and it should stay dry in Germany as well. Poland will be dry with sunny spells for most. Austria, Hungary and Switzerland should be mostly dry though rain and snow will develop in the late afternoon.
Denmark will be cloudy and with the chance of a few showers. Scattered showers also for southern Sweden. Breezy with coastal showers in the Baltic States and scattered wintry showers for Finland. Norway should be dry for most but snow in the far north.

Monday
Remaining unsettled through the Mediterranean on Monday. Rain and wintry showers for northern Spain; heavy showers developing for the Balearics, Corsica and Sardinia. A wet start to the day for Italy though it should mostly clear to leave a bright day. A wet day too for the Balkans and for western parts of Greece and Turkey with some heavy rain for western Greece in particular early on Monday morning.
A cloudy day for much of France with showers in the southeast falling as snow over the Alps. Rain and wintry showers too for southern Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Czech Republic and southern Poland. Cloudy for the Low Countries with a chance of showers in Belgium.
A generally bright day for Denmark and the southern Baltics though cloud and snow will push in from the north through the day over Estonia and Latvia. Snow too for Finland on Monday though much of Sweden and Norway will see a bright, dry day.