Issued: 0530hrs Wednesday 5th February 2024
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Fair for most of Europe, severe gales in Norway

Wednesday
Fair for Spain and Portugal with sunny spells. Dry weather too in the Balearics. Italy should be dry with more sunny spells. Greece will be fair with sunny spells and dry. Fair in western parts of Turkey although some snow in the east.
France will be fair and dry with sunshine. The dry weather continues for the Low Countries and Germany. Poland will be dry too with some sunshine here. Austria and Hungary will have a dry and fine day, more sunshine to come. Switzerland stays dry and fine throughout.
Denmark should be dry and bright, sunny spells and fair. Cloudier skies through the Baltic States with some rain here. Sleet and snow affecting Finland as well as strong winds. Sweden should be fair with some sunny spells. Windy with snow and sleet showers in Norway, widespread gales here.

Thursday
Cloud and some rain in northwest Spain. The rest of Spain and Portugal will be dry with sunny spells. Fair across the Balearics and Corsica. Some showers in southern Sardinia. Italy should be fine too with good spells of sunshine here. A few showers in western Greece generally dry overall. Turkey will be dry and fair.
Breezy and cold over France. Broken cloud and sunny spells. Dry for the Low Countries with more spells of sunshine. Fair for Germany with sunny spells too. Some cloud in Poland giving a few spots of rain in the east. Hungary and Austria as well as Switzerland should be dry with sunny spells.
Dry for Norway with sunny spells. Cloudy and some light snow in the Baltic States. Finland should be dry with sunny spells. Fair for Sweden and Norway, sunny spells in the south. Severe gales and some heavy rain and sleet in northern Norway.