Issued: 0530hrs Tuesday 17th December 2024 Duty forecaster: Dan Graves
A new low pressure system passes north of Britain maintaining winds and providing plentiful precipitation north. Alternating clouds and sun and isolated showers elsewhere.
Tuesday Showers in western Iberia with clouds across much of Spain. Clouds extend eastward towards the Balearic Islands through the day. Mostly sunny further east with periods of clouds in Italy, more persistent in the north. Mostly sunny along the Adriatic and Aegean Seas and inland areas, though brief periods of cloud likely. Turkey dry and mostly sunny. Mostly cloudy with occasional bright spells from France across Germany towards Poland, through dry. Rain lingers in Poland in a band extending east through Ukraine. Decent sun north of this rain in Belarus and Lithuania. Southward in Czechia, Slovakia, and Hungary, periods of cloud and sun with isolated showers. Increasing cloud, though dry, in the Alps. Low pressure passing northeast over Scotland bringing breeze and rain to the British Isles. Sun in and out across southern Scandinavia and Denmark. Quite cold north of here. Remaining breezy with frequent sunshine in the Baltics. Cloudier in Finland and Estonia.
Wednesday Alternating sun and clouds in Spain and Portugal, with a showery northwest. Shower intensity increase towards the evening. Drier with varied cloud across the Mediterranean into Italy, drizzle possible on west facing coastlines. Cloud cover in the Balkans, though breaking later in the day. Greece and Turkey remaining mostly sunny. Westerly winds increase across most of Europe north of the Alps. Drizzly showers from northern France across the Low Countries and Germany into Poland. Mostly cloudy with occasional bright spells here. Western France and southern Britain to see heavier rain into the evening. Morning clouds gradually break in Hungary and Romania. Windy from the British Isles across the North Sea towards Scandinavia. Rain much of the day in Denmark and Southern Norway and Sweden, snow further north. These rains approach the Baltics and Finland in the afternoon, falling as snow from Estonia to the north.
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