Issued: 0530hrs Friday 20th October 2023
Duty forecaster: Alexi Venerus

Staying unsettled into the weekend across much of Europe.

Friday
Less wet for Spain and Portugal today with strong and blustery winds easing back. Still blustery showers on to northern and western coasts though. Rain affecting the Balearics before clearing eastwards later in the day moving into Sardinia and Corscia by late afternoon. Heavy bursts of rain affecting northern Italy with heavy showers through central areas, also locally blustery winds. Drier further south. Largely dry and fair across Greece and Turkey.
It continues unsettled across France with outbreaks of heavy rain, some persistent spells in the far north as well as high. blustery winds. The Low Countries also very wet with possible persistent spells of rain here and gale force winds. Wet across northern and western areas of Germany though some dry regions further east. Unsettled with rain affecting much of Switzerland and western regions of Austria, driuer further east here. A wet and windy day for Poland.
Gale to severe gale force winds across Denmark though mainly dry. Gales also across the Baltics with some rain in more southern states. Strong high pressure over Sweden keeps conditions dry and fine across much of Sweden, Norway and Finland though in the south here it is windy.

Saturday
Outbreaks of rain across Portugal today though largely dry with sunny spells through Spain. Some showers affecting the Balearics though it largely dries up here in the afternoon. Scattered showers, some heavy, across north and west Italy, generally drier elsewhere. Unsettled and wet down the Balkan States. Largely dry and fine across Greece and Turkey.
Wet and windy across particularly northern and western areas of France, better further south and east. Also wet and windy across the Low Countries. Largely dry through Germany though breezy. Showers as well as longer spells of rain affecting Switzerland into western Austria. Scattered showers across Poland though most staying dry here.
Outbreaks of rain across Denmark though less windy. Wet and windy though continuing across the far south of Sweden and Norway with spells of rain across many Baltic States making it feel cold here. Dry and mainly fine further north as high pressure holds on strong, though cold with frosty starts.