Issued: 0530hrs Monday 14th December 2020
Duty forecaster: Alexi Venerus

Unsettled across northwest Europe. Low pressure filling over the eastern Med. High pressure across east Europe.


Monday
Rain now spreading right across Portugal and much of Spain by the end of the day. Staying dry for the Balearic Islands, Corsica and Sardinia. Morning rain affecting the far southern tip of Italy and the far southeastern areas of Siciliy will soon clear. Staying unsettled across the Greek islands and much of Turkey with heavy, thundery downpours. Brightening up across much of mainland Greece but windy along coasts here.
Rain across northern areas of France will sink south into central areas through the afternoon. Some patchy rain too affecting central and southern areas ahead of the band of rain. Rain, most persistent in the morning, across the Low Countries, will push into northwest Germany by the afternoon. Mainly dry for the rest of Germany. Largely dry elsewhere across central and eastern Europe with fog developing across many of these countries.
Turning wet across Denmark as rain pushes in from the west. Heavier rain will push in to south Norway through the day. Patchy light rain further north across Sweden but largely dry elsewhere. Mainly dry and fine for Finland and the Baltic States.

Tuesday
An improving day across Portugal and Spain with exception to the far northwest where rain is still expected. It will become progressively drier. Dry and fine conditions across the Balearic Islands and Italy. Improving conditions across Greece and it's islands as well as west Turkey as thundery showers become more confined to eastern areas of Turkey.
A band of rain will push southeastwards across France with heavy rainfall expected in the southeast of the country. Rain will also affect the Low Countries through the morning but should clear with drier conditions in the afternoon. Western areas of Germany will too see rain but this will turn patchy as it moves into central areas through the afternoon. Eastern areas staying dry. Western parst of Austria will see more cloud and some patchy rain (snow over higher ground) while eastern parts should remian dry. Dry across Switzerland as well as the Balkan States and eastern Europe.
Rain will sweep from south to north across Norway and Sweden. Drier weather inbetween. Largely dry across Finland through the morning but cloud and patchy light rain will push in during the afternoon. It will be an increasingly unsettled day across Denmark as rain becomes heavier and more persistent. Largely dry across the Baltics, however, western fringes will get hit by some cloud and patchy rain.