Issued: 0530hrs Wednesday 3rd February 2021
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Very warm with showers in western Europe, fair in the east and colder

Wednesday
Showers across central and northern Spain. Rain affects western parts of Portugal. Eastern and southern Spain should be fair with the Balearics also be warm and sunny. Italy will have a fine day with more sunshine to come here. Staying fair across Greece with lots of sunshine. A fine day to come in Turkey too.
Periods of showery rain in the west of France but dry with some watery sunshine in the south. Feeling warm across much of southern France too. Wind and rain in the Low Countries and northern Germany, where there will also be a risk of snow. Windy in southern Germany, a few snow showers here. Rain for southern Poland, but some sleet or snow to the north. Hungary should be fair and sunny whilst Hungary and Austria will have some showers or outbreaks of rain.
Wet and windy for the south of Denmark, this rain turning to snow. The Baltic States should be mostly fair with sunny spells. Wind and cold conditions for Finland, a few snow flurries. Sleet and snow for the far south of Sweden but most of the country should be dry, although always a risk of snow flurries on eastern coasts. Fair, dry and chilly for Norway.

Thursday
Heavy showers across Portugal and western parts of Spain. Fair in eastern Spain with plenty of sunshine. Very warm weather in central parts of the Mediterranean. Greece will be fine too with more sunshine. Further sunshine and warm west in Turkey.
Some heavy showers in western France for in eastern and southern France with lots of sunshine. Further showers in the Low Countries. Thundery showers in central and western Germany. eastern arts of Germany should be fine. More sunshine to come across Poland. Hungary will be fair with lots of sunshine. Scattered showers in northern Austria with lots of sunshine in Switzerland.
Cloud and rain in Denmark. The Baltic States will be cold with lots of sunshine. More sunshine to come in Finland, a few wintry showers. Further snow showers along eastern coasts of Sweden, fair for other areas. Scattered snow showers in northern Norway, fair in the far south of Norway.