Issued: 0530hrs Wednesday 15th February 2023
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Lots of sunshine and dry weather for much of Europe, mild too

Wednesday
Some showery rain toward the south of Spain and Portugal, but much of Iberia will be dry. Sunshine through the Mediterranean, perhaps a shower in eastern areas near Cyprus. Sunny and warm for Italy, the Balkans and Greece. Rain and mountain snow for northern Turkey, heavy in places.
Fine weather continues with sunshine for France, the Low Countries, Germany and Alpine regions. Eastern-central Europe also stays beneath high pressure with dry conditions through Poland, Czechia, Hungary and Romania.
Southwesterly winds push mild air through Scandinavia, with rain moving into western Norway, turning heavier with time. Meanwhile Sweden and Finland will be dry. Likewise staying fine for Denmark and the Baltic states.

Thursday
Fair for much of Spain and Portugal. Windy in the south of Iberia. Fair across much of the Mediterranean with sunshine and dry weather across Italy. Greece and Turkey staying fair too with lots of sunshine.
A fair day in central and southern areas of France. Some cloud and outbreaks of rain in northern France. The Low Countries will have cloud and patchy rain too. Further cloud with some patchy rain in central nd northern Germany although some fair weather to the south. Poland will be damp in the north too, fair in the south. Lots of sunshine for Hungary, Austria and Switzerland, dry here.
Some cloud and patchy rain in Denmark today. The Baltic States will have some cloud and a few spots of rain. Windy in Finland and mainly dry. Sweden should be mostly dry, although some drizzle in the south. Raion and sleet afecting much of western and northern Norway.