Issued: 0530hrs Friday 25th February 2022
Duty forecaster: Alexi Venerus

Turning unsettled with heavy rainfall through southern Italy and the Aegean.

Friday
Rain turning heavy for a time across central parts of Spain overnight though easing back to scattered showers through the day. One or two showers for Portugal too. Showers to affect the Balearics but largely dry for Corsica and Sardinia. One or two showers dotted down coastal areas of Italy. A better day for Greece and Turkey with rain clearing here.
With pressure build over France expect a mainly dry day with any showers in the east clearing. Heavy showers though to affect Switzerland and Austria inot northern parts of Croatia, drier further south. A wet and windy start for the Low Countries and Germany but rain clears and winds ease back. A few showers dotted across Poland but mostly dry here.
Rain and high winds easing and clearing across Denmark. Snow to contionue to push in on to western areas of Norway, drier further east and south. Largely dry with sunny spells for Sweden. Rain, sleet and snow clearing Finland. Staying breezy with some showers to affect the Baltics.

Saturday
Showers across central and southern parts of Spain and Portugal. Largely dry though through the Balearic islands, Corsica and Sardinia. Outbreaks of heavy rain to central and southern parts of Italy moving in to mainland Greece. Largely dry across the islands. Turkey staying mainly dry and fine.
A dry and fine though breezy day for France and the Low Countries. Perhaps more cloud for Germany and Poland but a dry day here too and a light breeze. The odd shower through parts of Austria. Dry for Switzerland. Cloudier for the Blakns with some showery rain further south across Croatia.
A dry and fine day for Denmark as well as the Baltic states. Windy across Scandinavia with a mix of rain, sleet and snow for northern Norway but a milder day for all is to be expected in a southerly flow.