Issued: 0530hrs Thursday 17th December 2015
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Some rain in the far northwest of Spain, mostly fair for the Mediterranean


Thursday
Rain in the far northwest of Spain on Thursday. Dry for the rest of Portugal and Spain with good spells of sunshine. More dry weather and sunshine in the Balearics, and fair through Italy too. Some showers in southern Greece later as well as across southern Turkey.
Some cloud and rain in western France, but mostly dry and sunny elsewhere over France. Dry weather for the Low Countries and Germany with more sunshine. Showery rain in eastern Poland, but fair to the west. Austria and Hungary as well as Switzerland will be dry with more spells of sunshine here.
Breezy in Denmark with broken cloud and only a few brighter spells. Cloud and some showery rain in the Baltic States. Patchy rain in Finland. Mostly fair for Sweden with some sunny spells here. Wet and windy in Norway.

Friday
Fair for Spain and Portugal with good spells of sunshine. Staying fair in the Balearics, again with warm sunshine here. Generally fair in Italy and through Greece. An odd shower in Turkey but mostly fair.
Cloud across central France with spots of drizzle here. plenty of mist and murk over the rest of France, slowly brightening through the day. Fair for the Low Countries and much of Germany. Cloud and showery rain in the east of Germany and this moving into western Poland too. Hungary will be dry with sunny spells, but cloud and some drizzle in Austria and Switzerland.
Breezy for Denmark and very mild. Cloud and rain in the Baltic States, this affecting Finland too. Sweden will be dry generally. Some showers in western Norway, drier to the south and breezy too.