Issued: 0530hrs Friday 23rd February 2024
Duty forecaster: Filotas Paschos

Several low pressure systems will give occasional rain for most.

Friday
Cloudy for Portugal with outbreaks of rain, this more persistent in north. Cloudy for north Spain with some rain and mountain snow, brighter and drier further south with sunny spells. Cloudy for France with further outbreaks of rain and mountain snow. Showers or longer spells of rain for the British Isles mostly for south and west, and some mountain snow. Cloudy with outbreaks of rain for the Low Countries. Germany will be drier but still rather cloudy. A band of rain will spread east over Poland. Any remaining snow for southern Norway will clear through the morning with a mostly dry and bright day following for most parts of Scandinavia. Some rain is expected for the Baltic States and snow for Finland, rain spreading over Belarus later and parts of northern Ukraine.
Some snow even down to lowers levels for Switzerland, but turning drier brighter later. A cloudy day with snow for Austria even down to low levels in west. Cloudy with outbreaks of rain for Czechia and Slovakia, while rain will be more light and patchy over Hungary. Dry and bright over Romania and most of the Balkans, away from west coasts.
Outbreaks of rain for the Balearics, spreading later over Sardinia and Corsica. Mostly cloudy for Italy with outbreaks of rain, mostly light and patchy. Greece will see increasing cloud in west and south with somme showers, but dry elsewhere. A dry and sunny day for most of Turkey. Cloudier over Cyprus but remaining dry.

Saturday
Another cloudy day for Portugal with further outbreaks of rain, this heavy in north. Heavy rain and and mountain snow, but brighter and drier further south with sunny spells. A rather cloudy day for France with heavy rain spreading east later. Showers for the British Isles, these mostly in west and south, and a longer spell of rain later in evening for Scotland. A mix of bright spells and outbreaks of rain for the Low Countries. Bright and mostly dry over Germany, maybe some light rain or sleet over central parts. Some rain and snow over north Poland in the morning, this clearing to a dry and bright day. Dry and bright over Denmark, cloudier over Norway and Sweden with some light snow in places. Cloudy over the Baltic States with some rain/snow, snow moving over Finland later in the day. Belarus and Ukraine cloudy but mostly dry.
Cloudy with some snow over Switzerland, best of dry bright weather in west. Some snow over western Austria, brighter in east. Mostly dry with early brightness over Czechia, Slovakia, Hungary and Romania.
Some early rain over the Balearics but dry bright later. Outbreaks of rain for Sardinia and Corsica as well as Italy. Cloudy over Greece with some rain in west, dry bright over the Aegean. Dry and sunny over Turkey and Cyprus.