Issued: 0530hrs Saturday 22nd October 2022
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Rain in western Europe, most fair for central and eastern areas

Saturday
Another wet, windy and generally unsettled day across Portugal and western Spain, drier further east with lighter winds. Dry and fine through the Balearics, Italy, Greece and Turkey where there should be plenty of sunshine.
A breezy day through France but mild with dry weather and sunny spells, though more cloud further west. Any morning rain across the Low Countries and Germany will clear off into the afternoon with bright and sunny spells developing. A wet morning across Switzerland and much of Austria with the rain clearing Switzerland and most of Austria later. Outbreaks of rain moving across Poland and eastern European counties.
Windy across north Norway and north Sweden as throughout Finland with some patchy rain but southern area staying mostly dry. Outbreaks of rain pushing up through the Baltic States. Breezy with some rain for Denmark, heavy in the north.

Sunday
Showers in much of central and eastern Spain. Rain through Portugal, some of this heavy in the west. Fair in central parts of the Mediterranean bringing sunshine and dry weather. Greece and Turkey will be dry with lots of sunshine, staying warm here.
Heavy showers, rain and some thunderstorms in eastern France, the Low Countries and western parts of Germany and Switzerland. Heavy showers too in western France, a risk of thunderstorms here too. Eastern Germany and Poland will be dry with plenty of sunshine. Austria and Hungary stay dry with more sunshine.
Wet for Denmark, heavy at times. Some sleet in the Baltic States. Finland will be cold but generally dry. fair for northern Sweden and cold here. Norway will have cloud and some outbreaks of rain in the far south of Norway. Elsewhere, Norway should be mainly dry, although windy with some snow in the north of Norway.