Issued: 0530hrs Monday 20th February 2023
Duty forecaster: Alexi Venerus

Winds easing in the north.

Monday
Developing scattered thundery and heavy showers push northwards through Spain and Portugal, otherwise most will be dry and fine with sunshine. Dry and fine for the Balearics and across the central Mediterranean through Italy into Greece. Some showery rain for Turkey, snow over the higher ground here.
France will have a fine day with plenty of sunshine, though a few mist and fog patches could be about first thing. Breezy across the Low Countries and Germany though mainly dry here. A few blustery, fast moving showers across northern Germany. Wet and windy with periods of rain across northern regions of Poland. Dry though windy elsewhere. Dry with sunny spells across Austria, Switzerland and the Balkans.
Rain and high winds gradually ease through the day across Denmark though likely to remain cloudy. Wet and windy for the Baltics where it will feel cold. Snow for wester Norway with a strengthened wind still in the south. Windy still across southern Sweden, less so further north. Rain, sleet and snow pushing into the far south of Finland, largely dry elsewhere.

Tuesday
Widespread thundery showers again today across Spain and Portugal pushing out across the Balearics, otherwise dry and fine with sunshine. Mostly dry and fine through Italy, though the odd heavier shower in the northwest cannot be ruled out. A dry day across Greece and Turkey.
Largely dry with variable cloud throughout France, though by later in the day expect developing thunderstorms across the Pyrenees and southern France. Dry with sunny intervals across the Low Countries. Cloudier through Germany with some patchy rain in the north, drier elsewhere. Rain easing across Poland. Cool and windy in the norteast here. Largely dry with variable cloud across Austria and Switzerland.
A settled day across much of Scandinavia with light winds and dry conditions, though more cloud across southern areas with scattered showerd affecting the Baltic countries. Rain, sleet and snow moving in to southwest norway later.