Issued: 0530hrs Saturday 19th December 2020
Duty forecaster: Alexi Venerus

Plenty of dry weather about but with rain and showers in the west and through the Mediterranean.


Saturday
A band of rain will push southeastwards across Portugal and Spain, heavy at times. Showers continuing across the Balearics. Showers or even longer spells of rain affecting Corsica and Sardinia as well as coastal areas of Siciliy. Largely dry across Italy. Plenty of sunshine again for Greece and Turkey.
A band of rain will push southeastwards across France with showers pushing in behind the rain. Drier ahead of the rain although patchy rain will affect south France. The Low Countries will see a breezy day again with some patchy, mainly light, rain pushing through. Germany will remain dry. Dry too across eastern Europe. Dry still across Austria and Switzerland as well as down the Balkan States.
Breezy still across Denmark with cloud thickening and some patchy rain arriving in the west later. Staying dry and fine across the Baltic States. Largely dry across Finland and Sweden although some rain will affect northern areas here. Rain and high coastal winds for southwest Norway as well as the far north.

Sunday
Improving conditions from the west across Portugal and Spain. Heavy showers aross the Balearic Islands. Continuing with the showers and or longer spells of rain for Corsica and Sardinia as well as Siciliy. Mainland Italy looks to be mostly dry but with a few scattered showers about in places. Cloud thickening across western Greece but mainly dry here. Dry too for Turkey.
A wet start for eastern France but the rain should gradually become coonfined to the far east by the end of the day. Drier elsewhere but with a few scattered showers about. Largely dry across the Low Countries although there could be some light rain along the coasts here. Patchy rain pushes eastwards across Germany. Settled across eastern Europe. Largely dry across the Alpine countries although there is the risk of some rain for western Austria. Mostly dry down the Balkan States.
Rain will clear eastern areas of Finland first thing to allow for a largely dry day here. Mostly dry too for Sweden. Rain affecting northern and western areas of Norway with strong to glae force winds potentially along the coasts. Largely dry and mild across the Baltic States although some patchy rain could move into western areas later on. A breezy day but largely dry over Denmark but with some light rain to the far north and far west.