Issued: 0530hrs Friday 3rd February 2023
Duty forecaster: Alexi Venerus

Staying dry, sunny and settled across western Europe.

Friday
Staying settled across western regions of Europe through the end of the week thanks to high pressure. Mist and fog patches first thing are possible around Spain, Portugal and France. The risk of an odd shower through the Balearics, otherwise dry. Dry across Italy and Greece with sunshine. Some possible patchy rain affecting Turkey.
Dry and fine through Belgium. More cloud with some patchy rain across the Netherlands and a brisk wind here. Windy and unsettled with heavy rain in places through Germany and Poland. Mostly dry through Switzerland though rain pushing into northwest Austria later. Dry down the Balkans.
Mostly dry across Norway and Sweden with light winds and sunny spells. Dry across Finland. Breezy though dry through Denmark. Cloudy across the Baltics though mostly dry, risk of rain in far southern Lithuania.

Saturday
Dry and fine across the western region of the Mediterranean with plenty of warm sunshine. Italy will also stay mostly dry though the odd shower cannot be ruled out in the far south. Cloudier with the greater risk of scattered showers across Greece and Turkey.
High pressure over the Biscay keeps France dry and fine with sunny spells. The Low Countries also seeing developing sunny spells with dry weather. Heavy rain across the far south of Germany into Austria with more cloud across both countries generally. Varibale cloud but mostly dry through Switzerland. Some scattered showers down the Balkans but most dry. Largely dry through Poland.
High winds with rain, sleet and snow moving in to Norway. Largely dry and generally fine across Sweden and Finland. Dry with sunny spells too across Denmark. Just the odd shower affecting the Baltics.