Issued: 0530hrs Saturday 26th October 2024
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Rain France and Spain, some heavy, drier in eastern Europe

Saturday
Showers or longer spells of rain for Portugal, drier far south. Showers for Spain, drier towards the east coast. Heavy and thundery showers for southern France, drier brighter elsewhere. Rain for northwestern parts of the British Isles. Mostly dry and bright for the Low Countries, Germany, Poland, Denmark and Sweden while some rain is expected to develop again over western Norway. Rather cloudy with occasional showers for Finland, the Baltic States and Belarus. Dry and sunny for Ukraine.
Some early fog patches for Central Europe, otherwise a dry and bright day with plenty of sunny periods, the longer ones over Romania and the Balkans.
Another day with heavy and possibly thundery showers for the Balearics, Corsica, Sardinia and northern parts of Italy. Dry and sunny for Greece, Turkiye and Cyprus.

Sunday
Rain and cloud across the northern half of Spain today with drizzle in western Portugal. More rain affects northeast Spain and the Balearics. Wet too for Corsica and Sardinia as well as northern Italy. Fair in southern Italy. Greece and Turkey will be dry with sunny spells.
Cloud and outbreaks of drizzly rain across France. Mist here too. Further outbreaks of rain for the Low Countries and northern Germany. Southern Germany will be bright and dry with sunny spells whilst dry weather continues in Poland too. More dry weather for Hungary and Austria with rain in Switzerland.
Cloud and period sof rain for Denmark. Fair for the Baltic States with some sunny spells. Wind and some sunshine in Sweden. Norway will be windy and rather wet at times, snow in the north.