Issued: 0530hrs Tuesday 24th November 2020
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Fine much of central and southern Europe with lots of sunshine, showers and rain in Scandinavia



Starting dry and fine for Portugal and Spain but becoming increasingly cloudy across Portugal and western parts of Spain through the day with rain affecting these areas. Drier and brighter further east. Dry and fine for the Balearic Islands as well as much of Italy, Sardinia and Corsica. Cloudy still with some patchy rain across the far south of Italy and Sicily. Largely dry and fine over Greece and Turkey.
Largely dry and fine for France although the far northwest will see cloud thicken and some patchy light rain move in here later. Dry across the Low Countries as well as Germany. Dry with sunshine for the Alpine countries as well as the Balkan States. Dry too for much of eastern Europe.
Breezy and cloudy across much of Denmark with some patchy rain about. Bands of rain push northwards across Norway and Sweden. Light and patchy rain will clear Finland to allow for an improving day here. Cloudy with some patchy rain affecting the Baltic States, particularly during the afternoon.

Wednesday
Heavy rain and showers affect much of central and western Spain as well as Portugal through Wednesday. Eastern Spain should be dry and bright with sunny spells. The islands of Majorca, Ibiza and Menorca all stay fine with more sunshine. Remaining sunny across Corsica and Sardinia as well as much of Italy. Some rain may affect Sicily. Greece and Turkey should be fair with good spells of sunshine, although breezy in Turkey.
France will have a fair day overall with sunny spells but some showers are likely to the south. The Low Countries and Germany should be fair again with plenty of sunshine. Remaining dry and fair as well as mild through Poland, Hungary, Austria and Switzerland.
a mild day in Denmark and dry here too as it will be across southern Sweden. A few showers affecting the Baltic states with some sleet in Finland. Norway will have an unsettled and cold day with rain, sleet and snow affecting many western posts.