Issued: 0530hrs Wednesday 15th December 2021
Duty forecaster: Alexi Venerus

Windy and cold across Scandinavia. Improving across the Aegean.

Wednesday
A dry day for much of Spain and Portugal with good spells of sunshine. The Balearics will be dry and fine too with more sunshine here. Corsica and Sardinia will be dry and sunny. Italy should be dry with sunny spells although some showers in the east. Greece will be fine in the west although eastern parts will have a few showers. Cold and wet for much of Turkey as well as for Cyprus with heavy rain here.
France will be dry although some morning fog is likely. This clears to sunny spells. The Low Countries will be dry with broken cloud and a risk of mist and fog. Germany will have some mist and fog patches and similar weather will be affecting Poland. Hungary, Austria and Switzerland will be dry with morning fog, although these clearing to sunny spells.
Windy in the Baltic States with lots of cloud, some drizzle in the west. Staying breezy and cloud in Finland, some sleet and snow here, drizzle in the south. More cloud in Sweden with windy weather in the north and some snow here. Drier in the south. Wetter for Norway and windy here, snow in the north.

Thursday
A mostly dry and fine day across Spain and Portugal, although a few scattered showers cannot be ruled out across southern and southeastern regions. Dry through the Balearics. Mostly dry across Italy and Greece but some scattered showers about. Still chilly with outbreaks of rain through Turkey, although an improved day compared with Wednesday here.
France is expected to remain dry but with morning mist in places. A bit of a breeze towards the south and west too. Elsewhere across Europe will be largely dry though mist and fog is expected. Exception is Hungary and the Czech Republic will see some patchy rain clearing to the east.
Windy through Norway and Sweden with rain, sleet and snow through much of Norway. Largely dry across Finland with a brisk wind further south here. Windy though dry across the Baltics. Dry with sunny spells through much of Denmark.