Issued: 0530hrs Sunday 30th October 2022
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Very warm and sunny central and southern Europe, rain in the west

Sunday
Rain across the west of Spain and over Portugal gradually fizzles out through the day here. Largely dry and fine elsewhere. Staying settled across the rest of the Mediterranean with plenty of sunshine about.
Breezy along the northern French coasts with some showers about but mostly dry elsewhere across France. Possible showery rain affecting the coasts of Belgium and the Netherlands but this should soon clear off. Dry and fine with plenty of sunshine across the rest of Europe, though mist and fog is likely again today but should mostly lift through the morning.
With the ridge now extending further north much of Scandinavia will be dry and fine, though the coasts of Norway continue to be breezy with some scattered showers here.

Monday
Rain for Portugal and the west of Spain on Tuesday. Further rain and showers in northern Spain. The east and south should be dry and warm as well as sunny. Fair and very warm in the central Mediterranean with lots of sunshine afecting Italy. Greece and Turkey should be dry too with more sunshine and warm weather here.
Western France will have some showers and outbreaks of rain, whilst the east is going to be staying dry. The Low Countries will be very warm and dry with plenty of sunshine. More fine weather and sunshine as well as very warm temperatures in Germany and Poland. Hungary and Austria together with Switzerland will be dry and sunny throughout.
Very warm and dry as well as sunny in Denmark. Fine for Norway with dry weather and sunny spells. It will be staying mostly dry in the Baltic States too, although some cloud and rain affect Finland. Sweden will have some sunshine in the west, but the north will have more cloud and some rain.