Issued: 0530hrs Friday 18th December 2015
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Rain in the north of Europe, but mostly fair to the south


Friday
Fair for Spain and Portugal with good spells of sunshine. Staying fair in the Balearics, again with warm sunshine here. Generally fair in Italy and through Greece. An odd shower in Turkey but mostly fair.
Cloud across central France with spots of drizzle here. plenty of mist and murk over the rest of France, slowly brightening through the day. Fair for the Low Countries and much of Germany. Cloud and showery rain in the east of Germany and this moving into western Poland too. Hungary will be dry with sunny spells, but cloud and some drizzle in Austria and Switzerland.
Breezy for Denmark and very mild. Cloud and rain in the Baltic States, this affecting Finland too. Sweden will be dry generally. Some showers in western Norway, drier to the south and breezy too.

Saturday
Some showers rain may affect western Portugal on Saturday. The rest of Iberia should be dry with good spells of sunshine. More fair weather across the Balearics and Italy. Greece should be fine too with more sunshine. A few showers in southern Turkey but dry to the north.
Rain in the far northwest of France, but fair elsewhere with sunny spells. Mostly dry and very mild across the Low Countries and Germany. More dry weather and mild conditions for Austria, Hungary and Switzerland.
Breezy with showers or rain in Denmark. Drizzle and patchy rain in southern Sweden. Breezy with broken cloud for the Baltic States. A few snow showers in Finland. Rain and cloud across southern Norway.