Issued: 0530hrs Thursday 12th January 2023
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Wind and rain in northern Europe, drier with sunshine to the south

Thursday
Fair for Spain and Portugal, lots of sunshine and dry too. The Balearics will be fine with sunshine and it should be remaining fair for Corsica and Sardinia. Some rain in southern Italy, but fair in the north. A few showers in western Greece although dry for most. Cool with some heavy showers in Turkey.
Cloudy with some drizzle in western France. Patchy rain in the south Fair in other areas with sunny spells. Windy for the Low Countries with some showers. Windy across Germany too with showers in the north and west. Rain affecting Poland where it stays breezy. Cloud and some rain in Hungary as well as Austria and Switzerland.
Wind and rain in Denmark. Further rain for southern Sweden and this extending into the Baltic States. Finland is mild and damp. Drier for northern Sweden with some snow showers in the west of Norway.

Friday
Some patchy rain in northwest Spain otherwise dry with good spells of sunshine. Further sunshine through the Balearics and staying dry. Sunny spells too in Italy, although some showers in the west. Greece should be fine with sunshine. Rain and showers in central and southern Turkey.
Cloud and some showers in northern France, broken cloud and mostly dry in the south. Breezy for the Low Countries. Rain and showers in Germany and staying windy here too. More rain afecting Poland. Hungary should be dry with sunny spells, although rain in Austria and Switzerland with snow on the Alps.
Heavy bursts of rain in Denmark and windy here too. More cloud and rain for much of Sweden. Wet and windy in the Baltic States with some rain and sleet for Finland. Colder for Norway with snow showers, some heavy.