Issued: 0530hrs Friday 21st December 2018
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Rain and wind in central Europe, fine in the Mediterranean with colder weather to the north


Friday
Cloud and some patchy drizzle in northern Spain. Generally dry for most of Iberia with sunny spells. The balearics, Corsica and Sardinia as well as Italy will be dry with sunny spells. A few showers in western Greece but generally dry. Turkey should be dry too with more sunshine here.
Rain and wind in northern and central France but dry to the south. Further rain cross the Low Countries, some of it heavy. The rain heavy in Germany too and then later in the day across Poland. Drier in Hungary, but some rain for Austria and Switzerland.
Denmark will be wet and cloudy and that rain reaches southern Norway and the south of Sweden too. Chiller for the Baltic States and cloud. Dry and cool in Finland and northern Sweden as well as northern Norway.

Saturday
Some drizzle in northwest Spain on Saturday. Broken cloud in western Portugal but dry with sunny spells for most of the rest of Iberia. The Mediterranean is enjoying good spells of winter sunshine with dry weather extending into Italy and through Greece and Turkey too.
Cloudier with some rain and drizzle in France, rather murky here as well. Broken cloud and scattered showers in the Low Countries with stronger winds and patchy outbreaks of rain for Germany. More persistent rain in Poland. Mostly dry in Hungary but some rain and plenty of cloud in Switzerland and Austria.
Cloud and rain in Denmark, heavy in the south. Showers and cooler for the Baltic States. Cool again in Finland with sunny spells and scattered showers. Further showers affecting the coasts of Norway.