Issued: 0530hrs Monday 16th October 2023
Duty forecaster: Alexi Venerus

Cold with snow expected in Scandinavia.

Monday
Continued heavy rain over Portugal, with sunny spells and light passing showers over northern and central Spain. Heavier showers over the Balearics, and some spots of showers over northern Italy and Corsica. Largely dry and sunny in Sicily. Pleasant conditions across Greece, and heavy rain across northern Turkey. Fairer weather to the south, and across Cyprus.
Fair but cooler weather across France, with some patchy showers in the very south. Breezy with some outbreaks of cloud in northern Germany and Poland, but much brighter in the south. Sunny spells across the Low Countries, with a few outbreaks of cloud. Sunshine and pleasant conditions across the Balkans and much of central Europe, but much cooler temperatures.
Sunny but cold and breezy across Denmark, and some outbreaks of cloud across the Baltic states, with the chance of some showers. Strong winds and very cold across Scandinavia, with heavy rain falling as snow, particularly along the western coast. Wintry showers across Finland, heavier to the north. Continued sunshine in Sweden, but very windy and cold.

Tuesday
Cloud and outbreaks of rain pushing across western areas of Spain and throughout Portugal today, heavy rain in the far northwest with blustery high winds. Eastern areas of Spain staying mainly dry with the best of the sunny spells. The odd shower possible across the Balearics though mainly dry. A few showers affecting southern Italy though northern areas staying dry and sunny. Unsettled with showers as well as longer spells of rain across Greece. Drier through Turkey.
More cloud and some showery rain in the west of France today. Winds picking up here too, otherwise dry. Dry and fair across the Low Countries, Germany, Switzerland and Austria. Light rain and drizzle affecting the coasts of Poland. A few isolated showers across southern Croatia with rain in south Bulgaria. Dry otherwise across eastern Europe.
Possible drizzle across Denmark pushing on a brisk westerly wind into the Baltic region. Sunny spells and some showers, generally wintry away from the coasts, across Norway, though most places remaining dry. Heavy snow affecting parts of central Sweden, otherwise dry. Snow showers in places across Finland but mostly dry here too.