Issued: 0530hrs Wednesday 9th February 2021
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Fair across much of central and southern Europe, more unsettled to the north with stronger winds

Wednesday
Fair across much of Spain and Portugal again on Wednesday. The Balearics will be good too with dry and warm sunshine. Italy will have a fair day, more sunshine to come here. Greece will be dry, again with lots of sunshine. Windy for Turkey with some snow in central and northern areas, rain in the south. Very wet in Cyprus, a risk of flooding here.
France should have a fair day with lots of sunshine throughout. More sunshine in the Low Countries and well as across Switzerland, Austria and Hungary. Scattered showers for the Low Countries as well as northern Germany. Fine through southern Germany. Some showersin the north and east of Poland.
Windy weather in Denmark with some showery rain here. Further showers affecting the Baltic States. Finland should be mostly fair but windy. Brezy in central and northern Sweden, some showers in the south. Norway will be cold, windy and unsettled with gale force winds and heavy snow showers in the west.

Thursday
Rain in northwest Spain today. Fair for most of the rest of Spain and Portugal with good spells of sunshine. Further sunshine throughout the central mediterranean. Scattered showers in northwest Italy, although most of the country will be dry. Greece and western Turkey will be dry with more sunshine. Showers in the east of Turkey.
An area of showery rain in northern France, although the south of the country will be drier and brighter. More cloud and some rain followed by showers into the Low Countries. Northern Germany and northern Poland will be cloudy with periods of rain. Southern Germany and the south of Poland will be brighter and drier. Austria and Hungary as well as Switzerland will be dry and bright.
Plenty of cloud and some showery bursts of rain in Denmark. Some rain and sleet as well as brisk winds in the Baltic States. Scattered snow showers for Finland. Sweden will be breezy with a few showers. Heavier and more persistent snow showers as well as gales and cold air afecting much of Norway.