Issued: 0530hrs Thursday 15th February 2024
Duty forecaster: Filotas Paschos

Some rain and strong winds for the northwest, and snow in far north. More settled elsewhere.

Thursday
Mostly cloudy over Portugal with heavy rain spreading east. A drier brighter start to the day over Spain, but cloudier later with some rain mostly in west. A rather cloudy day over France with some light patchy rain or drizzle, but a longer spell of rain is expected later in north. Cloudy with rain over the British Isles and strong winds win exposure. Cloudy with occasional rain over the Low Countries along with fresh winds. Heavy rain spreading east over Denmark, turning in to snow over southern Norways and Sweden. Some light patchy rain in north in Germany. A cloudy morning over Poland with light patchy rain, but drier later. Cloudy over Finland and the Baltic States with some light snow possible. Cloudy over Belarus but dry. Outbreaks of rain for Ukraine.
A rather cloudy day over Switzerland but remaining dry. Cloudy with outbreaks of rain light for east Austria but drier elsewhere. Some light rain for Czechia and Slovakia as well as Hungary. Mostly dry with sunny spells over Romania. Most of the Balkans remaining dry and bright.
Increasingly cloudy over the Balearics but dry. Sunny spells for Sardinia and Corsica, but cloudier from later in the afternoon. Good sunny spells and dry weather for Italy, but for some thicker cloud in north. Cloudier over Greece, with some rain over the Aegean Sea. Same for Turkey with some heavy rain over the north coast. Cloudy with outbreaks of rain for Cyprus.

Friday
A drier day over Portugal, possibly brighter too. Some light patchy rain over Spain but sunny spells expected in south. Rather cloudy over France and the British Isles with occasional showers, maybe a few heavy in west. Cloudy with some heavy rain spreading east over the Low Countries, this spreading over Denmark later. Some heavy snow for southern Norway and Sweden clearing later. Some heavy rain and snow spreading over Finland and the Baltic States later. Mostly dry and bright over Belarus and Ukraine.
Cloudy with some rain spreading east over Switzerland. Dry but rather cloudy over Austria with some rain in west later. Dry for Czechia and Slovakia but mostly cloudy. Bright over Hungary, Romania and the Balkans with best of the sunshine in south.
A rather cloudy day for the Balearics with some light showers. Cloudy but mostly dry for Sardinia and Corsica. Bright with sunny spells for Italy, best of sunshine in south. Mostly dry and bright for Greece. Cloudier over Turkey with outbreaks of rain in north. Bright with showers over Cyprus.