Issued: 0530hrs Sunday 19th January 2025
Duty forecaster: Garry Nicholson

Increasingly wet Portugal then southern Spain

Sunday
A band of rain arrives over Portugal and western Spain through the day, sunny eastern Spain. Heavy rain or thunderstorms along with strong winds for the Balearics, Sardinia and Corsica as well as Italy, away from the north. Sunny for Greece, Turkiye and Cyprus.
Dry but with low cloud or fog for France. Dry and bright with morning fog for the Low Countries, Germany, Denmark, and Poland.
Some snow for northern Norway and Sweden, dry further south. Mostly dry for Finland, the Baltic States, Belarus and Ukraine but rather cloudy. Settled weather conditions over Central Europe and the Balkans, with early fog and frost, but sunny through the day.

Monday
Extensive heavy rain sweeps into southwestern Spain and southern Portugal. Some rain extending eastwards, but largely dry toward northern Spain. The Balearics generally dry. Showery rain for Corsica and Sardinia. More frequent rain for western Italy, drier to the east. Heavy rain over the central Mediterranean moves toward Greece from the southwest later, but the Aegean Sea, Turkiye and Cyprus stay dry and mostly sunny.
Quiet but cloudy weather through much of France, some rain toward the Alps, plus snow in the mountains. Staying settled through the Low Countries, Germany and eastern Europe with areas of fog and low cloud, but also some sun. Also dry into southern Scandinavia. Chilly southeasterly breezes for the Baltic. Some snow flurries for northern Sweden. A little rain for far west of Norway. Chilly and dry through Finland. Local snow showers in the far north.