Issued: 0530hrs Friday 20th January 2023
Duty forecaster: Alexi Venerus

Staying unsettled with high, blustery winds across Italy and the Balkans

Friday
Variable cloud cover and patchy rain across Spain and Portugal though most places should be dry. A few scattered showers affecting the Balearics though most will be dry here too. Unsettled across southern Italy with blustery, high winds and outbreaks of rain, heavy in the far south as well as across Sicily. Much of the rain and showers clearing Greece though unsettled with heavy showers across the Turkish resorts.
Many dry across France though some scattered showers through far eastern areas and across the northwest. Windier across the Alps with some scattered snow showers. Rain moving in to the Low Countries. Largely dry through Germany with sunny spells though the far south is cloudier with some patchy rain. Heavy rain moving in to the far southeast of Poland, otherwise dry here.
Largely dry through Scandinavia though still some snow flurries over western regions of Norway as well as across parts of southern Sweden. Largely dry and fine though still cold through Denmark and the Baltic region.

Saturday
Sunny spells and largely dry conditions across Spain and Portugal though a few scattered showers cannot be ruled out. Cloudier across the Balearics with showery rain. Still unsettled with blustery winds, cloud and rain, heavy in places, through central and southern Italy. Breezy across Greece with showery rain. More unsettled across the Turkish reorts today too.
Windy across southern and eastern regions of France where there will continue to be more cloud and the risk of some showery rain. Snow showers across the Alps too, otherwise drier with sunny spells elsewhere across Switzerland and Austria. Dry though fog patches across the Low Countries. Breezier across Germany with cloud and heavy rain towards the east here, drier elsewhere. Unsettled with outbreaks of rain continue across the Balkan States.
Extensively dry across Scandinavia this weekend thanks to high pressure here, though windy through north and west Norway where there is likely more cloud and the risk of snow in the far northwest. Otherwise plenty of sunshine away from mist and fog.