Issued: 0530hrs Thursday 17th December 2020
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Fair for most of Europe, some rain and sleet in Scandinavia


Thursday
Fair across Spain and Portugal, plenty of sunshine and dry too. Some showers in the Balearics with Corsica and Sardinia being mostly dry and sunny. Plenty of sunshine and dry weather in Italy as well as across Greece and Turkey.
Fair with plenty of sunshine and dry weather in France. A few showers across northern coasts of the Netherlands. Germany will be mostly dry, but some rain in the far north. Poland will be dry with plenty of sunshine. Hungary and Austria as well as Switzerland wil be dry and sunny too.
Rain passing through Denmark. Fine for the Baltic States, lots of sunshine and dry here. Finland is likely to be cool with some sunny spells. Rain across Sweden, most in the north. Norway will have rain in the south but dry in the north.

Friday
Fair over most of Spain and Portugal on Friday, although there will be some rain in the far northwest. Showers again in the Balearics and around Corsica and Sardinia. Greece and Turkey are staying in fine weather with plenty of sunshine.
More sunshine to come through France, although some rain in the far northwest later. The Low Countries will be breezy with some sunny spells. Germany will be dry with more sunshine to come here. Further sunshine in Poland and dry. Austria and Hungary should be dry and this dry and sunny weather is expected to extend into Switzerland too.
Breezy through Denmark with broken cloud. The Baltic States will have broken cloud. Some brightness in Finland after morning rain clears. Sweden will have rain and strong winds to the south but dry in the north. Breezy for Norway with a risk of some rain and showers.