Issued: 0530hrs Tuesday 24th January 2023
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Wet Mediterranean, dry in much of northern Europe but windy for some

Tuesday
Cool in eastern and northern Spain on Tuesday with some showers or patchy rain. Drier and brighter in the west with Portugal dry and sunny as wel. Wet in the Balearics with a risk of some heavy rain. Further cloud and some rain in southern Italy, dry in the north. Some showers for western Greece but dry in the east. Turkey will be dry with sunny spells and should be dry too.
France will have some wind and showers in the south., Northern areas will be breezy and dry with sunny spells. Dry and breezy in the Low Countries and Germany as well as Poland. Some snow in Hungary and Austria with a few flurries of snow for Switzerland.
Dry and bright in Denmark. Fair for southern Sweden and the Baltic States. The north of Sweden is dry with good spells of sunshine. Some sleet and snow for southwest Norway, snow showers in the north.

Wednesday
Some showers in northern Spain on Wednesday. Heavy showers or rain affecting eastern Spain. Western areas will be dry and bright as well as Portugal. Rain in the Balearics, some of it heavy. More rain for Sardinia, showers in Corsica. Italy will have showers on eastern and southern coasts, drier in the west. Greece will be cloudy and west whilst Turkey should be dry with sunny spells.
Dry for much of France and dry here with sunny spells. There will be sunshine in the Low Countries as well as Germany. Germany should be dry with sunny spells. The sunshine extends into Hungary. Austria will have cloud with a few showers. Cloudy too in Switzerland with showers too.
Denmark will be windy with broken cloud. Staying windy through the Baltic States and rather cloudy. Gales for Finland but dry. Windy in Sweden with gales in the north, some showers in the south. Cold with sleet and snow for much of western and northern Norway, windy here too.