Issued: 0530hrs Wednesday 21st December 2016
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Rain in central Mediterranean and again in northern Europe, drier central areas


Wednesday
Rain affecting northwest Spain today. Further rain in eastern parts of Spin and the Balearics too. Elsewhere Iberia should be dry with sunny spells. Heavy showers in central and southern parts of Italy but some fog in the north. Mostly dry for Greece with sunny spells. Rain and the risk of sleet and snow in eastern Turkey but drier to the west.
Cloud and some outbreaks of rain in the far northwest of France. Fog patches and dry weather in central France, the risk of some rain in the far south. Mostly dry in the Low Countries with sunny spells. Scotland and Poland will be dry with some sunny spells here, although fog patches in the south. Dry and bright in Hungary, and although dry in Switzerland and Hungary there will be some fog patches.
The risk of some rain in western Denmark. Drier and brighter to the east with some sunny spells here. Breezy with sunny spells in the Baltic States and Finland. Dry and breezy in Sweden. Windy with rain affecting Norway and mild too.

Thursday
Some patchy rain in northern Spain today. Drier and brighter south and east. Italy will be dry with sunny spells throughout. Dry too in Greece with sunshine here, although some cloud and rain across Turkey.
Rain to the north and west of France, but dry in the south and east. Brighter for the Low Countries but some cloud and rain in northern Germany. Rain too in the far northwest of Poland but drier and brighter elsewhere. Fair through Austria and Hungary as well as Switzerland but with some early fog patches.
Cloud and some patchy rain in Denmark. Patchy rain in the south of Sweden but dry to the north. The Baltic States will be rather cloudy with some spots of rain here and breezy too. Rather windy in Finland but dry. Windy for much of Norway with rain in the west and south.