Issued: 0530hrs Saturday 12th December 2015
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Sunny and dry to the south, some cloud and rain in the north


Saturday
The risk of some heavy showers in southwest Spain and Portugal today. Mostly fair with sunny spells. More sunshine to come across the Balearics and through Italy too. More sunshine for Greece, cooler in Turkey with some showers in the north.
Sunny and dry over most of France, although there could be some morning fog patches at first. Coud and some rain in the Low Countries and Germany as well as parts of Germany and Poland. Austria and Hungary will be cloudy and damp. Drier in Switzerland with sunny spells here.
Breezy with sunny spells and mostly dry weather in Denmark. Scattered showers affecting the Baltic States. Cloud and rain turning to snow in Finland. Cold too for much of Sweden with snow showers in the north. Further snow showers in southern Norway, fair in the north.

Sunday
Rain for western Portugal and Spain today. Dry and fair in much of the rest of eastern and southern Spain. Sunny in the Balearics and dry too. Fine and sunny for Italy, more sunshine to come here. Lots of sunshine to come in Greece, and it will be staying fair in Turkey. Sunny and dry for France, although there could be some morning fog. Cloudier skies in the Low Countries and southern Germany, but fair to the north. Showers or longer spells of rain for Poland.
Fair in Denmark with lots of sunshine here. Some wintry showers for Sweden and for the Baltic States. Snow showers too in Finland. Sunny spells and dry for much of Norway, but some snow showers in the far north.