Issued: 0530hrs Tuesday 22nd February 2021
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Sunshine and dry in the west, colder with showers and rain in the east

Tuesday
A fine day for Spain and Portugal with plenty of sunshine and dry weather. More sunshine for Majorca and Menorca as well as Ibiza. Corsica and Sardinia should be fine, again with sunshine. Fair for central and northern Italy. Showers or rain i the far south of Italy. Unsettled with rain and showers affecting most of Greece and western Turkey. Eastern Turkey should be fair.
Cloud and showery rain in central and northern France. Fair for southern France with sunshine here. Windy and rather cloudy in the Low Countries and northern Germany. Some drizzle in patchy rain in central and southern Germany. Fair for Hungary. Austria and Switzerland.
Wet and windy weather across Denmark. The Baltic States will be fair with some sunshine and also a few showers. Scattered snow showers in Finland. For much of Sweden the day should be dry. Cloud, sleet and snow in western Norway.

Wednesday
Plenty of sunshine across Spain and Portugal on Wednesday. Dry and sunny in the central and western Mediterranean too as well as most of Italy. Cloud and rain affecting Greece, heavy in the east where there is a risk of snow in the hills. Wet for western Turkey but dry and sunny in the east.
France should be fine with lots of sunshine during the day. More sunshine to come across the Low Countries as well as much of Germany. Wind and rain affecting Poland, feeling cool here. Some sleet and rain in Hungary but dry with sunny spells for Austria and Switzerland.
Breezy with broken cloud and some brightness in Denmark. Cloud and some rain or sleet in southern Sweden. The Baltic States will be chilly with some sleet or snow. Finland will be dry and will be chilly throughout. Wind and cloud and well as some outbreaks of rain in western Norway but drier in the north.