Issued: 0530hrs Tuesday 9th December 2025
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Rain and wind north and west, drier in the east

Tuesday
Strong wind in Portugal and northwest Spain with heavy rain spreading from north to south as the day goes. East Spain fair with sunny spells. Eastward across the Mediterranean, Italy, the Balkan States, and Greece will all have a fair day with sunshine. Breezy in the south Aegean, heavy bursts of rain along the south Türkiye coast.
Mild again in western Europe. Windy in France and the Low Countries, some rain in northwest France but elsewhere mostly sunny. Some rain and windy too in northern Germany. Southern Germany, the alpine countries, and eastward into Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria will be fine and mostly sunny. Often raining in Poland and western Ukraine.
Wind with afternoon rain into Denmark, this rain spreading into south Sweden and Norway later, falling as snow in Norway. Showery rain in south Finland and the Baltic States, local patchy snow in northern Scandinavia, often dry but cloudy in central areas.

Wednesday
Heavy showers through Spain today, merging to more persistent rain at times. Brighter in Portugal and in the east of Spain. Fair for the rest of the Mediterranean with sunny spells and dry conditions Greece will have sunshine and should be dry. Showers in northern Turkey and heavy showers across Cyprus.
Some cloud and outbreaks of rain in central France. Northern and southern areas of France should be dry with sunny spells. The Low Countries and Germany as well as Poland will be mostly dry although some drizzle for central Germany and northern Poland. Hungary and Austria as well as Switzerland will be bright and dry with sunny spells.
Wind and broken cloud for Denmark. Cloud and some patchy rain in the Baltic States. The rain more persistent for Finland where it will be windy too. Dry in central and southern Sweden although cloudy. Mild and wet as well as windy in southern Norway, cld and snowy to the north.