Issued: 0530hrs Wednesday 23rd February 2021
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Showers, wind and rain in Greece and Turkey and windy and wet to the north

Wednesday
Plenty of sunshine across Spain and Portugal on Wednesday. Dry and sunny in the central and western Mediterranean too as well as most of Italy. Cloud and rain affecting Greece, heavy in the east where there is a risk of snow in the hills. Wet for western Turkey but dry and sunny in the east.
France should be fine with lots of sunshine during the day. More sunshine to come across the Low Countries as well as much of Germany. Wind and rain affecting Poland, feeling cool here. Some sleet and rain in Hungary but dry with sunny spells for Austria and Switzerland.
Breezy with broken cloud and some brightness in Denmark. Cloud and some rain or sleet in southern Sweden. The Baltic States will be chilly with some sleet or snow. Finland will be dry and will be chilly throughout. Wind and cloud and well as some outbreaks of rain in western Norway but drier in the north.

Thursday
Some patchy rain over northern coasts of Spain. Showers in Portugal and southern Spain but drier in the east. Fair for much of Corsica and Sardinia as well as most of Italy. Greece will have plenty of sunshine and should be dry. Showers in eastern Greece with heavier periods of rain, some of it thundery in Turkey.
An area of rain will be affecting central France with some showers in the north. Fair to the south with sunny spells. Windy through Germany with some rain passing east, heavy showers to the north and west. Poland will be windy and mostly dry, but some rain in the west. Hungary and Austria will be fair and dry. Some sunshine oin Switzerland too.
Windy with wintry showers across Denmark. The windy weather continues in the Baltic States, but dry here. Windy and rain turning to snow in Finland. Further rain and snow for southern Sweden but dry to the north. Heavy sleet and snow showers in western and northern Norway.