Issued: 0530hrs Tuesday 29th December 2015
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Cool and mostly dry Scandinavia and eastern Europe, a few showers in the central Mediterranean


Tuesday
Very cold across eastern parts of Europe and Scandinavia with sub zero temperatures. Drier across Britain today. Rain is expected across France into Corsica and Sardinia. A better day to come across Portugal and Spain with sunny spells.
Rain and snow to affect Norway but dry and sunny across Sweden and Finland. Across Germany, The Low Countries into Poland and across The Adriatic Region and the Balkans it's dry today with sunny spells. Snow flurries are forecast across Romania. Dry and mostly sunny across Italy and Turkey.

Wednesday
Rain in the far northwest of Spain on Wednesday. Fair across much of the rest of Spain and Portugal. Mostly fair in the Balearics, and tending to remain fair across Italy. Some showers for eastern parts Greece but turning colder here. Wintry showers in northern Turkey, but fair to the south, breezy too.
Cloud and some rain in the far northwest of France. Sunny spells and dry for most of the country. The Low Countries and Germany will both be dry and very mild with sunny spells. Colder in Poland, especially the east and dry here too. Chillier in Hungary and dry, also remaining dry through Austria and Switzerland.
A windy day for western Norway with some rain here. Cool and mostly dry across Denmark. Remaining cool and mostly dry in Sweden. A cold day and dry in the Baltic States and Finland.