Issued: 0530hrs Sunday 22nd December 2024
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Gales in northern Europe with unsettled conditions, better southern Iberia

Sunday
North Spain will see some rain, but elsewhere over the Iberia will be mostly dry and sunny. Heavy wintry showers for France along with strong winds. Windy with blustery wintry showers for the British Isles, the Low Countries, and Germany. A longer period of rain and sleet for Denmark along with severe gales. Some snow showers for Norway, Sweden, but a longer period of snow for Finland. Sleet showers for the Baltic States, Belarus and Ukraine.
Heavy snow for Switzerland and Austria, while some snow showers are expected for Czechia, Slovakia and Hungary. Mostly dry for Romania and the Balkans.
Increasingly cloudy but dry for the Balearics, some heavy rain and strong winds for Sardinia and Corsica. Italy will see cloudy skies with heavy rain and hill snow. Mostly dry and bright day for Greece, while in Turkiye expect good periods of sunshine. A dry start for Cyprus but some showers are possible later.

Monday
Cloud and some patchy rain for northern Spain. Fair for the rest of Spain and Portugal. Rain too affecting the Balearics, slowly clearing. Low pressure bringing rain to Italy, heavy and thundery in the south. Further heavy, thundery rain for Greece as well as southern and western Turkey.
Some rain in northwest France with further rain clearing southern France. Fair for the rest of the country. Breezy and cloudy in the Low Countries. Frequent showers and some rain in Germany, feeling cold. Further showers in western Poland but fair in the east. Hungary should be fair with sunny spells whilst cloud and rain affect much of Austria and Switzerland.
Bright in Denmark with sunny spells. Some showers in southern Sweden. Rain, sleet and some snow in the Baltic States and southern Finland. Broken cloud in Norway but mostly dry.