Issued: 0530hrs Thursday 5th January 2023
Duty forecaster: Alexi Venerus

Unsettled with high winds and heavy snowfall across southern Norway and Sweden.

Thursday
Dry and fine throughout Spain, Portugal and the Balearics. A few scattered showers affecting Corsica and Sardinia onto western coasts of Italy though most will remain dry. Largely dry and fine across Greece and Turkey.
Rather cloudy across France, the Low Countries and Germany. Largely dry though watch for a few scatetred showers, perhaps some longer spells of rain across northern Germany. Austria could see a mix of rain, sleet and some snow falling over the Alpine region. Windy across much of Poland with rain clearing from the west.
Very windy through western Norway with a a mix of rain, sleet and snow. Drier and less windy through Sweden though likely to be rather cloudy. Breezy with wintry showers across the Baltics. Mostly dry through Finland and Denmark.

Friday
A few showers brushing western coasts of Spain and Portugal, otherwise dry and fair. Dry with sunshine across the Balearics. Scattered showers through Corsica and Sardinia on to some western Italian coasts, though most will stay dry. Dry and fine with sunshine through Greece and Turkey.
A few scattered showers and blustery winds through northern France and the Low Countries, though dry and less windy across southern France, Switzerland and much of Austria. Rain clearing northeast Germany pushing in to western Poland later. Dry across the Balkan States.
Windy with heavy snowfall across Norway and Sweden. Progressively clouding over across the Baltic States with rain moving in overnight. Some bright spells across Finland and dry. Heavy rain clearing Denmark with drier and brighter conditions developing.