Issued: 0530hrs Saturday 7th October 2023
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Fine and sunny much of central and southern Europe, colder more unsettled north

Saturday
Staying warm and sunny across much of the Mediterranean into the weekend. A few showers across southwest Greece. Turkey is also dry and fine.
France still influenced by high pressure and keeps the weather settled here. Austria and Switzerland is the same. Windy across Germany and Poland where there is some rain across northern into cnetral areas. Wet and breezy through Holland though drier across Begium. The Balkans as well as Hungary are looking dry, fine and warm.
A cooler day yet drier across Denmark. Windy and wet to start through the Baltics but the rain is expected to clear. Wet and very windy as well as gusty across southern Finland. Less so further north here. Windy though dry and cold feeling across Sweden. Showers affecting the north and west of Norway. Drier further south.

Sunday
Fair and hot across Spain and Portugal today. Plenty of sunshine. Remaining hot and dry over the Balearics, Corsica and Sardinia. Italy will have plenty of sunshine as will Greece and Turkey. Warm here as well.
France will be dry and sunny as well as very warm. The Low Countries stay sunny and warm with dry weather to in Germany. Cooler in Poland with some sunny spells, windy in the east. Hungary stays dry with more sunshine. Scattered showers in Austria but dry with sunshine for Switzerland.
Denmark will have a fair day, again plenty of sunshine here. Windy and cool in the Baltic States, wintry shows here. Windy over Finland and cold here as well. Sweden will be fine with plenty of sunshine whilst some showers affect northern and western Norway.