Issued: 0530hrs Friday 4th February 2022
Duty forecaster: Alexi Venerus

Staying windy across north Europe with rain moving east.

Friday
Largely dry across Spain, although cloud is likely to thicken in the far north later. Dry too for the Balearics as well as the Sardinia and Sicily. The odd shower may affect northern regions of Corsica as well as coastal areas of northern Italy. A much better day for Greece and Turkey as rain clears here to sunshine.
A band of rain, heavy for a time further north, will sweep across France, gusty winds for a time too. Rain followed by blustery showers for the Low Countries and west Germany. Drier ahead of the front in east Germany. Largely dry though breezy across Austria, Switzerland, Hungary and the Czech Republic. The odd shower or two in Croatia. Some patchy rain for Poland and windy here.
Very windy across northern Norway with rain, sleet and snow here and further southwest. Heavier rain clearing Sweden and Denmark though the far north of Sweden staying wet with sleet and snow. Blustery showers and sunshine for Denmark. Rain and wind moving in to Finland and the Baltic States, becoming increasingly unsettled here.

Saturday
Some rain for a time across the very far north of Spain but this soon clearing. Mainly dry for Portugal. The odd shower across the Balearics but mostly dry and fine here. One or two scattered showers for coastal regions of Italy but mainly dry. Largely dry and fine for Greece and Turkey.
Becoming windy across the north of France but staying dry throughout. Some mist and fog perhaps for central and southern areas. Windy with some rain reaching the Netherlands but staying dry for the Belgium. Largely dry but windy across Germany. Any rain soon clearing across Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary. Largely dyr and fine for Austria and Switzerland. Scattered showers for the Balkans but mainly dry here too.
Rain and strengthening winds moving across southern parts of Norway and south Sweden as well as Denmark. Largely dry further north and less windy. Rain across east Finland slowly clearing to drier and sunnier weather. Breezy but mainly dry through the Baltic States.