Issued: 0530hrs Friday 23rd September 2016
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Fine and warm central and southern Europe but rain in the northwest


Friday
Fair for Portugal and much of Spain today with plenty of sunshine. Showers affecting northeast Spain. Mostly dry in Italy, again with some good spells of sunshine here, although there will be an odd shower. Greece brings sunny spells and scattered showers although Turkey will be dry and fair throughout.
France should be fine with plenty of sunshine. A few showers for the Low Counties and for Germany too, although mostly fair to the south. Poland stays dry with some reasonable sunny spells, and it should be dry across Austria and Hungary as well as Switzerland.
Some cloud and a few spots of rain in Denmark. The Baltic States will have sunny spells and mostly dry weather. Cloud and some rain in Finland and cool here too. Rain and showers affecting Norway, some of this heavy at times in the west.

Saturday
A few showers in eastern Spain. Most of the rest of Spain and Portugal will be fair with good spells of sunshine. Staying fair acros Corsica and Sardinia as well as Italy. Plenty of sunshine to come in Greece and Turkey and feeling warm here as well.
Staying warm and dry across France with lots of sunshine. Warm too in the Low Countries and staying fine and dry for Germany too. Poland is far in the west but some showers in the east. Austria and Hungary as well as Switzerland should be dry with good spells of sunshine.
Dry with plenty of sunshine for Denmark and for the Baltic States too. Sweden will have a fair and warm day with sunny spells with similar weather in Finland. Most of Norway stays dry and sunny, although cloud and some showers affect the far west.