Issued: 0530hrs Thursday 15th October 2020
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Heavy rain and showers Italy and central Europe, cold for all


Thursday
Showers in northern Spain. Dry and fair elsewhere with good spells of sunshine in Portugal and Spain. Scattered showers in the Balearics. Heavy showers and thunderstorms are possible in Italy. Greece and Turkey should be fair with lots of sunshine and warm conditions here.
Chilly in France with a mix of sunshine and showers. Staying chilly over the Low Countries and northern Germany, Heavy showers in central and southern Germany. Poland will have a mix of sunshine and showers too. Heavier rain in Austria, Hungary and Switzerland.
Cold and breezy with sunny spells in Denmark. Breezy with some sunshine across Sweden/ Bright in the Baltic States and dry but breezy and bright for Finland. Sweden should also be bright with sunny spells although some showers in the north.

Friday
Plenty of sunshine across Spain and Portugal on Friday. The Balearics will also be dry with more sunshine here. Showers will affect Italy although sunny spells in between. Grace should be mostly dry and sunny. Turkey will also be dry with plenty of sunshine.
France will have a dry day once morning mist and fog has cleared. Dry two across the low countries and western parts of Germany. The far east of Germany will have outbreaks of rain and these sharp bursts of rain will be affecting much of Poland. Hungry should be mostly dry, although rain and showers effect Austria and Switzerland.
Denmark will be dry with sunny spells. Some showers affect Southeast Sweden, but much of the rest of Sweden will be dry with sunshine as will be Norway, although rain and snow affect the far north. The Baltic states will be dry with sunny spells and it should stay dry but rather cool in Finland..