Issued: 0530hrs Saturday 27th January 2024
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Fair over much of Europe, warm in the west with plenty of sunshine, colder east

Saturday
Another cloudy but dry day over Spain and Portugal, with any brightness towards southeast Spain. Dry with some brightness over France, while it will be breezy over the British Isles with some rain in west. A dry day for the Low Countries as well as Germany with good spells of sunshine, mostly away from the coast. Some rain and snow for eastern parts of Poland along with strong winds but drier elsewhere. Mostly dry over Scandinavia, with a westerly breeze and any snow confined over high ground in Norway. Some light snow over the Baltic States in the morning, but drier later. Belarus and Ukraine will see some patchy snow.
A dry and bright day over Switzerland and Austria with long sunny spells. A dry start over Czechia and Slovakia but outbreaks of rain and snow will arrive later. Bright over Hungary but some thicker cloudy with snow possibly in far east. Outbreaks of snow over Romania, but further south over the Balkans it will be a mostly dry and bright day.
Dry and sunny over the Balearics, Corsica and Sardinia. A mostly dry and bright day over Italy with with sunny spells, possibly some early fog in north. Occasionally cloudy over Greece but brighter weather arrives later. Cloudier over Turkey with some rain and snow over northern coasts. Mostly dry and bright over Cyprus.

Sunday
Rain in northwestern parts of Spain and northern Portugal. Sunny spells and dry over the rest of Spain and Portugal. Fair for the Balearics as well as Corsica and Sardinia. Italy stays dry and sunny. Cold with some showers in eastern and central Greece, some wintry on hills in the north. Cold too over Turkey, again with some sleet and snow on hills.
Warm with good spells of sunshine in France, dry overall although a risk of a shower in the south. Fine to in the Low Countries, again with lots of sunshine. Germany will be dry as well with lots of sunshine. Remaining dry and mild in Hungary, Austria and Switzerland.
Denmark will be mild with sunny spells and god spells of sunshine. Breezy dry and mild in the Baltic States. Finland is mostly dry with broken cloud and sunny spells. Cloud and some patchy rain in the south. Some cloud and showers for western and northern north, these falling as snow.