Issued: 0530hrs Monday 16th December 2024 Duty forecaster: Dan Graves
Low pressure over Scandinavia maintains high winds east with areas of rain and snow. Mediterranean mostly dry with plentiful sun.
Monday Fair for Spain and Portugal with long spells of sunshine. Bountiful sunshine through the Balearics, Corsica and Sardinia. Fair too in Italy with sunshine here. Morning clouds in the Balkans and inland areas gradually clearing. Some rain for southern and eastern Greece, otherwise fair. Rain in southern and eastern Turkey, snow possible inland and high altitude. Morning fog clearing quickly to leave a fine day in France, more sun in the south. Breezy with some drizzle in the Low Countries and through much of northern and central Germany. Gales and heavier rain in much of Poland. Austria and Switzerland will be mostly bright and dry, with more clouds and showers east. Extensive clouds and snow in Ukraine and Belarus followed by rain. Windy and showery in much of Denmark. Outbreak of rain and gale force winds for the Baltic States with sunshine in and out. Breezy and bright in Finland. Windy for much of Sweden but dry. Heavy rain, showers and strong winds in southern Norway, snow away from coasts.
Tuesday Showers in western Iberia with sun in between. Dry with scattered clouds in the western Mediterranean, near full sun further east. Clouds in northern Italy, sunshine in the south. Mostly sunny from Croatia east to Romania and south towards Greece and Turkey. Mostly cloudy from France across Germany towards Poland, through dry. Winds easing through the day across much of the continent. Rain lingers in Poland in a band extending east through Ukraine. Southward in Czechia, Slovakia, and Hungary, mostly cloudy with isolated showers. Increasing cloud, though dry, in the Alps. Low pressure passing northeast over Scotland bringing breeze and rain to the British Isles. Sun in and out across southern Scandinavia and Denmark. Remaining breezy with frequent sunshine in the Baltics. Cloudier in Finland and Estonia.
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