Issued: 0530hrs Wednesday 19th October 2022
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Rain and wind in western Europe, better to the east

Wednesday
Unsettled for much of northern Spain and northern Portugal The rain may be heavy at times. Drier in the south of Spain with sunny spells. The Balearics should be fair and dry. Corsica and Sardinia will be dry and sunny as will be Italy. Turkey will be fine and dry in the west, but some showers affecting eastern areas.
Some cloud in the far west of France with a chance of some showers. Eastern areas of France will be brighter and dry with sunny spells. Fair and breezy in the Low Countries. Germany will be dry with good spells of sunshine. Staying fair in western Poland, but some cloud and showers in the east. Hungary and Austria as well as Switzerland will have a fair day with lots of sunshine.
Denmark is going to be bright with sunny spells. The Baltic States will be bright as well with some sunny spells. More brightness for Finland and across most of Sweden. Cloud and some rain in northern and western Norway but fair in the south.

Thursday
An unsettled day in Spain and Portugal with periods of rain in northern and western Spain and POrtugal. Drier in the southwest with sunny spells. The Balearics will be dry and fair. More sunshine and dry weather in Italy as well as through western Turkey. Some showers in the east of Turkey.
Wind and rain in France, some of the rain heavy in the east. Showery bursts of rain for the Netherlands in the afternoon. Mostly fair and mild in Germany. Plenty of sunshine and dry weather for Poland. Hungary will be fair and dry as wel as sunny. Austria stays fine, but then some heavy rain in the far west of Switzerland.
Breezy in Denmark with increasing cloud. Fair for the Baltic States with lots of sunshine and dry weather. The fair weather continues in Finland. Sweden will be fair and dry, More fine weather fir southern Norway but rain in the north.