Issued: 0530hrs Friday 20th December 2024
Duty forecaster: Filotas Paschos

Unsettled weather for most areas..

Saturday
A mostly dry and sunny day for the Iberia, but some rain for northern Spain later in the day. Rather cloudy for France with outbreaks of rain away from the south. Blustery showers over the British Isles, turning wintry in places, widespread gales. Some heavy rain for the Low Countries, spreading over Denmark and north Germany later. Mostly dry but breezy for Poland. Some heavy rain and snow for southern Norway spreading east over southern Sweden later in the day. Some light snow showers for Finland, sleet for the Baltic States. Dry but rather cloudy for Belarus and Ukraine.
A few showers through the day for Switzerland and Austria, but more persistent rain and hill snow arrives later in the evening. Mostly dry for Czechia, Slovakia, Hungary. Some rain and hill snow for Romania. Heavy snow for the Balkans at first.
Sunny for the Balearics, some heavy showers for Sardinia and Corsica. A mostly dry and bright day for Italy, some rain in southeast. Heavy rain and hill snow for Greece and Turkiye. Heavy showers and thunderstorms for Cyprus.

Sunday
North Spain will see some rain, but elsewhere over the Iberia will be mostly dry and sunny. Heavy wintry showers for France along with strong winds. Windy with blustery wintry showers for the British Isles, the Low Countries, and Germany. A longer period of rain and sleet for Denmark along with severe gales. Some snow showers for Norway, Sweden, but a longer period of snow for Finland. Sleet showers for the Baltic States, Belarus and Ukraine.
Heavy snow for Switzerland and Austria, while some snow showers are expected for Czechia, Slovakia and Hungary. Mostly dry for Romania and the Balkans.
Increasingly cloudy but dry for the Balearics, some heavy rain and strong winds for Sardinia and Corsica. Italy will see cloudy skies with heavy rain and hill snow. Mostly dry and bright day for Greece, while in Turkiye expect good periods of sunshine. A dry start for Cyprus but some showers are possible later.