Issued: 0530hrs Saturday 28th October 2023
Duty forecaster: Alexi Venerus

An unsettled weekend across north and west Europe

Saturday
A drier day for much of europe, however, a band of rain tracks across western France and northern Spain and Portugal during the morning with some heavy bursts for a time. Southern Spain and the rest of France seeing brighter spells developing during the afternoon.
Clusters of showers for northern Germany and Denmark with brighter spells emerging during the afternoon for parts of Sweden and Norway. Mostly cloudy and dry for the Baltic countries once again and a colder day for most here.
A fine afternoon for Italy and southeast Europe and feeling pleasantly warm. A few sunny spells develop during the afternoon for Austria, Switzerland and Hungary with little rain expected.

Sunday
Another cloudy and wet day across Portugal as well as north and west Spain with heavy spells of rain. Drier further south and east as well as across the Balearics. Developing heavy showers over Sardinia and Corsica but mainland Italy looks to stay largely dry with sunny spells. Dry, fine and reasonably warm across Greece and Turkey.
Heavy rain largely clears parts of France through the day though it will continue to be breezy further north and west with showers on to the coasts. Spells of rain pass across the Low Countries and on through many regions of Germany. Largely dry for Switzerland and Austria though sunshine may be limited further west. Mostly dry though breezy across Poland.
Unsettled with heavy rain affecting Denmark as well as the Baltic States. Windy too. Largely dry across Norway, Sweden and Finland though likely for coastal showers, falling as sleet and snow. Very windy further south in Norway and Sweden with the risk of some rain in far south.