Issued: 0530hrs Monday 21st December 2020
Duty forecaster: Claire Darbinyan

Unseasonably mild temperatures continue for much of western Europe

Monday
Some cloud and patchy rain for northern Iberia, otherwise a dry and fine day across Portugal and Spain. Isolated showers possible for the Balearic Islands, Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily and southern Italy though it will stay largely dry and sunny. Dry and bright too for much of Italy. Variable amounts of cloud around for Greece and Turkey with isolated showers for western Greece and northern Turkey.
Rain, some of this heavy, spreads across France, the Low Countries and into western Germany and Switzerland on Monday. Staying dry and bright to the far southeast of France. Winds strengthen here too. Cloud thickens over eastern Germany, Austria and the Czech Republic though it stays dry. Staying dry and fine further east for Poland, Slovakia and Hungary.
Starting dry and fine for Denmark though cloud thickens, winds strengthen and rain arrives later. Mostly dry and fair for the Baltic States with patchy rain or showers at times, mainly over coastal areas. Patchy outbreaks of rain affect Finland while Sweden sees a mostly dry and fine day. Outbreaks of rain, sleet and snow affect southwest Norway through the day, staying mostly dry and fair across the rest of the country.

Tuesday
Some cloud and rain affect the far northwest of Spain on Tuesday. A dry and fair day across the rest of Spain, Portugal, the Balearic Islands, Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily and Italy with variable amounts of cloud around. More cloud around for Greece where there will also be a scattering of showers. Dry and fine for western Turkey while eastern areas see patchy rain and snow.
Outbreaks of rain for northern France and the Low Countries. These becoming heavy later. Staying dry but increasingly cloudy for southern France. Rain also sweeping eastward across Germany and into Poland later. Patchy rain also affects Switzerland, Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia.
Early rain clears from Denmark to leave a dry and fine day here. After a dry and fair start, an area of rain, sleet and snow arrives over the Baltic States through the afternoon. An area of rain, sleet and snow also spreads northward over Norway and Sweden, only the far north staying dry. This also spreads over Finland too but not arriving here until later in the afternoon.