Issued: 0530hrs Sunday 2nd February 2020
Duty forecaster: Claire Darbinyan

Dry & bright conditions prevail across the Mediterranean


Sunday
A dry and fine day for Portugal, Spain, the Balearic Islands, Corsica, Sardinia and Italy on Sunday. More in the way of cloud around over northern areas at times, tending to be brighter over southern areas. Dry and bright conditions prevail over Greece and Turkey too.
An area of heavy rain spreads across northern France into the Low Countries and across Germany as well as Switzerland and Austria. This is followed by another band of rain that edges eastward over northern France, the Low Countries and southwestern Germany. A mixture of sunny spells and frequent scattered showers for Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Rain arrives here later. Drier and brighter for Hungary.
A mostly dry and fair day for Denmark. Outbreaks of rain affect the Baltic States but tend to clear to the east. Showers affecting much of Finland on Sunday while Sweden stays mostly dry with some good spells of sunshine developing. Dry and bright for southeastern Norway, tending wetter for western coastal regions.

Monday
Dry and bright for Portugal, Spain and the Balearic Islands. Dry and fine too for Corsica, Sardinia and Italy though there will be some cloud around at times. Variable amounts of cloud around for Greece and Turkey too - tending to be cloudier to the north and brighter to the south.
Cloudy with outbreaks of heavy rain for northern France. Dry and bright to the south. Cloudy for the Low Countries and northern Germany with frequent showers here. A wet day for southern Germany. Outbreaks of rain, some heavy, also affect Switzerland, Austria, the Czech Republic and southwestern parts of Poland. Dry but cloudy for northeastern Poland.
A wet and increasingly breezy day for Denmark while isolated wintry showers affect the northern Baltic States. Early wintry showers clear east from Finland leaving a mostly dry and bright day across the country as well as for Norway and Sweden. Cloud builds from the southwest and a band of rain and snow arrives to the far southwest of Norway and Sweden later.