Issued: 0530hrs Friday 2nd February 2024
Duty forecaster: Filotas Paschos

Some light rain for the north and central parts. Drier brighter over the Mediterranean.

Friday
Î' bright day over Portugal and Spain with some long sunny spells, and feeling pleasant in the sunshine. Some morning fog for central France, otherwise it will a dry and bright day, best of sunshine along the south. Breezy, cloudy but mostly dry over the UK and Ireland with a few showers in west. Mostly dry and bright day for the Low Countries. Some morning rain in north and east for Germany, otherwise mostly cloudy, best of brightness in southwest. Cloudy over Poland with outbreaks of rain. Some early rain and hill snow over Scandinavia but drier later. A dry start for Finland and the Baltic States but rain and snow will spread east later. Belarus and Ukraine will remain mostly dry but rather cloudy, but some snow will arrive later in the evening from the west.
A mostly cloudy day for Switzerland but dry. Cloudy for Austria, with some rain and hill snow from the afternoon. Cloudier over Czechia and Slovakia with outbreaks of rain and hill snow. A sunny start to the day for Hungary and Romania but thick cloud arrives later. Some light rain later over Romania. Most of the Balkans remaining fairly dry.
Sunny over the Balearics, while it will be breezy with some morning showers over Sardinia and Corsica. A rather cloudy start over Italy with some rain mostly in south, but brighter later. Rather over Greece and Turkey but mostly dry. Outbreaks of rain for Cyprus but some sunny spells too.

Saturday
A nice and sunny day over Portugal and Spain with long pleasant periods of sunshine. Cloudy over north France but bright with sunny periods in south. Breezy and rather cloudy over the British Isles with some light rain in north and west. A rather cloudy day over the Low Countries with some light rain or drizzle. Outbreaks of rain for Germany and Poland , breezy too. Rather cloudy over Scandinavia but mostly dry, apart from some light rain and hail snow for west Norway. Some early snow for Finland and the Baltic States as well as Belarus and northern parts of Ukraine, but becoming drier brighter later.
A mostly cloudy start to the day for Switzerland and Austria, but sunny spells will develop later in the morning. Mostly cloudy for Czechia and Slovakia as well as Hungary with some light rain or drizzle in places. Same for Romania with some hill snow. Sunny over the Balkans.
Sunny over the Balearics, Sardinia, Corsica and Italy , maybe with some early fog over north Italy. Some rain over the Aegean Sea otherwise Greece will see a mostly dry and bright day. Some early valley fog over Turkey, but becoming dry and sunny later. Rather cloudy over Cyprus with outbreaks of rain, brighter in the afternoon.