Issued: 0530hrs Tuesday 13th December 2016
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Dry in central and southern Europe on Tuesday but a wet Wednesday in west Iberia


Tuesday
More rain is in the forecast across England and this extends into the Low Countries into northern parts of Germany and southern Sweden. Dry across Norway and northern Sweden with sunny skies for Finland. Most of France should be fair and dry.
Mostly sunny and dry across Portugal, Spain, Italy and across the Adriatic Region and most of the Balkans. A few showers to come around coastal Greece but dry inland. A cold, windy, wintry day across Turkey with heavy snow. Sunny and dry across Romania, The Ukraine into the Czech Republic and Austria. A cloudy day with light rain across Poland.
Fine today across the Baltic States. It continues freezing across eastern Europe.

Wednesday
A wet day for Portugal and much of western Spain with heavy periods of rain and a risk of localised flooding. Eastern Spain should be fine with lots of sunshine. Staying fine across the Balearics and sunny too. Italy should be fair with some sunny spells. A few showers in western Greece but fair in the east. Turkey should be bright and dry with sunny spells.
More sunshine and dry weather across most of France. Broken cloud through the Low Countries and Germany with a risk of spots of drizzle. Rain in southern Poland but brighter with sunny spells to the north. Hungary will have some cloud and spots of rain, whilst Austria and Switzerland should be drier and brighter.
Fair for Denmark with variable cloud and sunny spells. Chilly with wintry showers across the Baltic States and Finland. Sweden should be dry with some sunshine in the south. Mild in Norway with drizzle in the west.