Issued: 0530hrs Sunday 25th February 2024
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Wet and windy western Europe, better in the east

Sunday
Heavy rain in northern Spain on Saturday together with gales. Showers in central and southern Spain and Portugal with some heavy showers. Fair in most of the central Mediterranean. Heavy rain for the south of Italy. but dry and bright in central and northern areas. Wet in Greece, especially the west, but fair in the east. Turkey should be fine and dry with lots of sunshine.
Windy and wet for France, the rain heavy at times. Further rain in parts of the Low Countries. Germany should be dry and bright with more dry weather in Poland. Hungary will be bright and dry as will be Austria, Sweden is bright too with some sunny spels here.
Denmark will have some outbreaks of rain whilst the Baltic States are dry but cold and rather cloudy. More chill weather and broken cloud in Finland. Sleet and some snow in eastern parts of Sweden. Norway wil have snow showers in the west but will be dry in the south.

Monday
A cold and unsettled day across Spain. Frequent showers and periods of rain together with strong winds. The showers affecting most of Portugal too, although southern areas of Portugal may be better. Chilly in the Balearics but dry with some sunny spells. Italy will have heavy rain in central and northern areas but should be drier to the south. Heavy showers in Greece with western and southern Turkey seeing some rain too.
Windy far north and west of France with heavy rain here. The rain extends into central France too. Further wind and some showery rain for the Low Countries whilst Germany and Poland should be dry and bright. Hungary will have some sunshine and should be dry. Rain for Switzerland, some of it heavy.
Fine for Denmark with sunny spells here. Fair too in the Baltic States. Finland will have some light snow. Sweden should be mostly dry with the best of any sunshine in the south. Dry for southern Norway but snow showers over the coasts of the north.