Issued: 0530hrs Thursday 30th December 2021
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Warm southern and western Europe, chillier northern Scandinavia

Thursday
Fine and warm across Portugal and Spain. The Balearics will be fine too as will be Corsica and Sardinia. Italy will be fine and warm as well as dry. Greece will have a few showers. Heavier rain in western and southern Turkey but fine in the east.
Plenty of sunshine through France and dry here as well as warm. Some rain through the Netherlands and Germany. Poland will also have some periods of rain. Hungary and Austria will have cloud and some rain. Switzerland will be bright and dry.
Breezy and cloudy in Denmark. Some outbreaks of rain in the Baltic States and Finland, Drizzle for southern Sweden, dry in the north. Rain in western Norway, some heavy.

Friday
A fine and warm day across most of Spain and Portugal. The sunshine and warm weather extends into the central Mediterranean including Italy where it will be dry and sunny throughout. Fine and dry too across most of Greece although some rain in the south. Turkey will have rain across western and southern areas but otherwise will be dry.
Fine weather again through most of France and warm here too. Staying warm across the low countries and most of Germany, although some rain may affect northern Germany. Poland may have some kind of outbreaks of rain too. Hungary and Austria will be dry with good spells of sunshine and Switzerland will be staying mild and sunny.
breezy and wet for Denmark, although mild. Stay mostly cloudy with some drizzle at times in the Baltic states. Finland will be cold and dry. It should be dry and chilly too in northern Sweden. Southern Norway should be dry but some snow showers may affect northern and western coasts and hills.