Issued: 0530hrs Friday 18th February 2022
Duty forecaster: Alexi Venerus

Gusty, high winds through north Europe.

Friday
Some showers and outbreaks of rain along northern coasts of Spain today. Fair for most of the rest of Spain and Portugal. Sunshine across the Balearics and through all parts of Italy. Greece should be fair with sunshine here too. Some showers in eastern Turkey but the west will be dry.
A band of rian will push from west to east across France clearing to sunny spells and blustery showers, these mainly in the west. A windy day. Very windy in the Low Countries with widespread gales. Further gales in northern Germany and northern Poland where there will be rain. Cloudy for the south of Poland, some rain too in southern Germany. Austria should be dry with sunshine whilst some rain affects Switzerland.
Heavy rain and severe gales in Denmark. The Baltic States should be dry until evening when gales arrive here. Cold through Finland with snow in the north. Much of central and northern Sweden will be chilly and dry. Snow showers in the west of Norway.

Saturday
Outbreaks of rain push across east Spain, heavy in places. Drier further west and across Portugal. Soem showery rain will too affect the Balearics. Dry for much of Italy and the islands though some rain pushes into the far north region. Dry and fine across Greece and Turkey.
Staying windy across north France with patchy rain moving into the north and west later. Staying windy across Belgium and the Netherlands and becoming increasingly wet. Windy still for Germany with any rain clearing. Windy for Poland with some patchy rain in the north. Rain pushing across Austria, clearing from the north. An improving day for Switzerland.
Winds easing across Denmark with largely dry conditions here. Snow showers through Norway but mostly dry across Sweden. Patchy rain, sleet and snow across north Finland and clearing from the west in south Finland. Very windy with gales through the Baltic States along with sleet and snow pushing through here.