Issued: 0530hrs Tuesday 22nd December 2015
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Fair in southern Europe, windy with rain in the north


Tuesday
It continues mild across much of Europe with highs in the low 20s across southern Spain. An area of rain with strong winds will affect Britain, southern Sweden, northern Poland, Denmark, The Low Countries and north western parts of France.
Most of France should be fine and dry. Some rain for the north west of Spain to but otherwise fine across Portugal and Spain. A dry day to come across much of Germany, southern Poland, The Adriatic Region and the Balkans.
Rain is expected for the Baltic States and western Russia. Fine and dry across the Ukraine, Turkey and Italy today. Cold across Norway with snow in the west. Mainly dry for Finland.

Wednesday
Fair with sunny spells in Spain and Portugal. Staying fine through the Balearics as well as most of Italy. Greece and Turkey will both be dry too with more spells of sunshine to come here.
A few showers in southern France, with some cloud and drizzle extending through eastern France, Switzerland and southern Germany. Northern France and the Low Countries should be dry with sunny spells. Staying dry with more sunny spells in northern Germany and Poland.
Winds with some drizzle in western Denmark, dry with some sunshine in the east. Windy with some drizzle in the Baltic States, and staying cloudy, damp and mild for Finland too. Wet and windy in western Norway.