Issued: 0530hrs Thursday 11th January 2024
Duty forecaster: Filotas Paschos

Cold over east Europe with some snow. Milder elsewhere, with some rain in Mediterranean.

Thursday
Mostly dry and bright over Portugal and Spain, with only some light rain possible in far north. Southern France some cloud and rain, otherwise elsewhere dry with sunny spells. High pressure over the British Isles will give settled conditions, even through a bit more cloudy in England. Dry and bright over the Low Countries with best of the sunshine over Belgium. Becoming cold again over Scandinavia especially across Sweden and Finland but remaining dry. The Baltic States will be cloudy, cold and windy along with some snow spreading south over Belarus and Ukraine later in the day.
Over Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Czechia, Hungary, Slovakia and the Balkans will start bright and dry. Becoming cloudier from the north later, along with some snow in east and over northern Balkans along with colder conditions.
Mediterranean will see a low pressure system developing, and giving some rain mostly over the western and central parts. In more detail, Balearics, Corsica and Sardinia will see some heavy rain for a time along with strong winds. Same for southern Italy and Sicily along with Malta. Greece will see some rain developing over the western parts later otherwise it will a cloudy and rather cold day. Mostly dry over Turkey but rather cloudy and cold. Outbreaks of rain and possibly thunderstorms over Cyprus.

Friday
Becoming cloudier over Portugal and Spain through day, with some rain reaching Portugal later in the day. Dry and bright over France with good sunny spells. Dry and settled for most of the British Isles, but rain reaching northern Scotland later in the afternoon. Cloudy but dry over the Low Countries as well Scandinavia where it will be very cold. Snow over southern Finland In general Central Europe will be dry and bright. Germany and Poland will be cloudier with some snow in east Poland later. Otherwise, over Austria, Switzerland, Czechia, Hungary, Slovenia, and the Balkans weather will be dry with sunny spells.
West Mediterranean will be dry and bright, with a lot of sunny spells over the Balearics, Sardinia and Corsica as well as most parts of Italy. Sicily and Malta will see outbreaks of rain. The same for Greece where it will be windy too. Snow over north Turkey, and some heavy rain across Cyprus.