Issued: 0530hrs Sunday 13th December 2020
Duty forecaster: Alexi Venerus

Thundery showers easing across The Aegean. Turning more unsettled for northwest Europe.


Sunday
Cloudy with patchy outbreaks of rain for Portugal and northwest Spain. Staying dry and fine for the rest of Spain and for the Balearic Islands, Corsica, Sardinia and much of Italy. Outbreaks of heavy thundery rain affect southern Italy and Sicily but these clear by the evening. Low pressure brings heavy thundery downpours to much of Greece and western Turkey through the day.
Scattered showers over northwestern France on Sunday with rain arriving here later. Staying dry and bright over central and southeastern areas. A mostly dry and fair day for Switzerland, Austria, Germany, the Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia and Hungary with a chance of isolated wintry showers developing at times. Some patchy mist and fog developing in the east.
Rather cloudy for Denmark and the Baltic States with a scattering of showers here - these wintry over Estonia and Latvia. Scattered wintry showers affect northern Finland, much of Sweden and southern Norway too. Staying dry and fine over southern Finland and northern Norway.

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.