Issued: 0530hrs Thursday 23rd January 2020
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Wety in Spain and Portugal, drier in central and eastern Europe


Thursday
More heavy showers and rain affecting central and western Spain as well as Portugal. eastern Spain should be drier with sunny spells. A fair day in Italy once morning mist and fog patches have cleared. Fair for Greece with more sunshine. Snow in northern Turkey but dry and sunny to the south.
Rain and showers affecting southern and southwest France. Northern France should be dry with sunny spells. Morning mist and fog in the Low Countries, Germany and Poland as well as Hungary, this only clearing slowly. Austria and Switzerland should be fair.
For Denmark it will be dry with sunny spells, A breezy day in Sweden but some sunshine in the south. Fair and breezy in the Baltic States, but some cloud and rain in Finland. Norway will have heavy periods of rain and sleet in the west snow to the north.

Friday
Heavy periods of rain through Portugal and western Spain as well as southern France. Dry in eastern parts of Spain with sunny spells. Italy should be dry with more sunshine and dry conditions. Greece is likely to be dry with more sunshine. Breezy in Turkey, dry in the south but some snow to the fair north.
Heavy showers in southwest France. Fair to the north, sunny spells here. The Low Countries and Germany should be dry with fog patches clearing. Poland, Hungary and Austria as well as Hungary should be dry with more sunshine.
Fair for Denmark. Breezy in the Baltic States. Finland will have a stiff breeze with a few snow showers. Windy in southern Sweden, mostly dry. Snow and rain affecting western Norway.