Issued: 0530hrs Friday 30th December 2016
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Windy and mild Scandinavia, foggy central and southern Europe


Friday
With high pressure across central Europe the weather in the Mediterranean stays mostly fair. There will be good spells of sunshine in much of Spain and Portigal although fog patches are going to be forming inland. Fair in Italy with sunny spells to the south, although cold with some fog in the north. Greece is likely to be chilly but dry which much of Turkey will be breezier with some snow showers in the north and east.
Calm winds through France bring about widespread fog here. This slowly clearing to leave a cold day, but may linger in places throughout. A brighter day in the Low Countries and northern Germany but staying cold in southern Germany and Poland with more fog. Similar chilly and foggy conditions to come in Austria, Hungary and Switzerland.
Windy across Denmark and the Baltic sStates. It is likely to be dry here as well as mild. Rain affects westernNorway, some of it heavy. Windy too in Norway. Staying windy across Sweden and mostly dry, whilst Finland stays mild, windy and dry in the south but some sleet or snow in the north.

Saturday
Fair with sunny spells in Spain and Portugal. Scattered showers in the Balearics. Fair for Italy once morning fog has cleared, although it may linger all day in the north. Greece is fair with sunny spells, although showers in the east. Showers for Turkey, some of these heavy.
Fog may be widespread over France, this persisting in places through the day. Broken cloud in the far north of France and the Low Countries as well as north Germany and northern Poland. Fog in southern Poland and Germany, this affecting Switzerland, Hungary and Austria too.
A windy and dry day in Denmark. Some drizzle or patchy rain for the Baltic States where it will be remaining mild and windy throughout. Mostly dry in Finland with the risk of an odd shower. Patchy rain in the south of Sweden, dry to the north. Cold in centra and northern Norway with wintry showers here, but dry to the south.