Issued: 0530hrs Thursday 9th February 2023
Duty forecaster: Alexi Venerus

Settled and dry for most

Thursday
Showery rain still affecting eastern areas of Spain and the Balearics. Largely dry elsewhere in Spain and Portugal. Cloudy with showery rain affecting central and southern Italy, heavy spells of rain for a time in the far south, including the islands. Rather cloudy with some patchy rain through Greece. Largely dry across Turkey.
Largely dry with sunny spells across France and the Low Countries. Dry with sunshine too across Austria and Switzerland though morning mist and fog patches could be stubborn in a few spots. Breezier across Poland but staying dry. Windy north of Germany but lighter winds elsewhere here. Dry too.
Windy across Denmark with showery rain moving in from the northwest. High winds across much of Norway and Sweden with frequent and heavy showers across mostly western regions here. Drier further east. Cloudy, windy with patchy rain through Finland and the Baltic States.

Friday
Turning blustery across Portugal and western Spain though it will stay dry. A dry and fine day across the Balearics where it will feel pleasantly warm. Rain clearing Sicily. Dry with sunny spells across Italy. The odd scattered shower across southern Greece but largely dry and fine. Mostly dry through Turkey also.
With high pressure situated over Europe most will be dry and fine with plenty of sunshine, once any initial mist and fog lifts. Windier across the Low Countries and northern Germany as well as Poland where the coasts could catch a few blustery showers.
Wet and windy across Denmark as well as the southern region of Sweden. Northern Sweden is largely dry though breezy. Wet with a mix of rain and snow across Norway with high winds. Dry thogh windy across Finland and the Baltics.