Issued: 0530hrs Monday 22nd January 2024
Duty forecaster: Filotas Paschos

Windy conditions along with heavy rain in north. More settled with brightness in south.

Monday
Away from the far north where some light rain is expected, most of the Iberia Peninsula will see a dry day, with the best of the sunshine over southern parts of Portugal and Spain. Cloudy with a band of rain spreading south over France, windy in north too. A windy day over the British Isles along with outbreaks of rain mostly in west. Quite windy over the Low Countries as well as Germany and Poland with some rain at times. Scandinavia will see a rather cloudy and windy day with some light rain, and snow over high ground in Norway. Snow is expected over Finland, the Baltic States, Belarus and northern Ukraine later in the day.
A dry bright start to the day across Switzerland, Austria, Czechia, Slovakia and Hungary but soon thick cloud along with outbreaks of rain will spread east, with snow over higher ground. Most of the Balkans will remain dry with soon sunny spells.
Dry and bright over the Balearics, Sardinia and Corsica with some more cloud arriving in the evening. Sunny over Italy in the morning, but becoming cloudier in the evening in the north along with some light rain. A cold and windy start to the day for Greece with some light rain over the Aegean Sea. Same for Turkey with any rain or snow only in far eastern parts. Cloudy with some heavy rain possibly over Cyprus.

Tuesday
As high pressure extends over Portugal and Spain, it will offer plenty of dry and bright weather, but with some early fog too. Some light rain over north Franc otherwise a dry but rather cloudy day. Unsettled weather for the UK and Republic of Ireland with gales and heavy rain. A cloudy start to the day for the Low Countries as well as Germany and Poland, but rain will spread east later along with strong winds. Mostly dry start over Scandinavia but some rain and snow will arrive in the evening. Apart from some light snow in the morning, the day will be mostly dry over the Baltic States and Finland.
Some light snow in the morning over Switzerland but becoming drier in the afternoon. Same for Czechia and Austria with even some sunny spells developing in the afternoon. Some light snow over Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro in the morning but becoming drier later.
A mostly cloudy day over the Balearics, Sardinia and Corsica but remaining mostly dry. Some light over Italy mostly over the central parts in the morning, but turning drier later. A bright start over Greece with sunny spells, but turning cloudier later. Dry and sunny over Turkey. Some showers over Cyprus.