Issued: 0530hrs Satuday 9th December 2023
Duty forecaster: Filotas Paschos

The cold with some snow remains for the northern and eastern parts, while it will be milder elsewhere with occasional rain

Saturday
Occasional rain over Portugal and northern Spain, but dry and bright elsewhere in Spain as well as across Balearics. A well developed low pressure system over Western Europe will bring strong winds and coastal gales as well as heavy rain over the British Isles and France, this spreading later in the day across the Low Countries, Germany and Switzerland.
Windy but mostly dry over Denmark, however northern Scandinavia will be fairly cold with occasional snow. Rather cloudy over Hungary and Austria with some snow developing through the day. Baltic countries as well as northern Balkans will see a rather cloudy day with occasional snow mostly over Poland, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia.
Across the Mediterranean, some early rain across Sardinia, Corsica, Sicily and Aegean Sea otherwise it will mostly dry and bright day with good periods of sunshine.

Sunday
Two well developed lows one west of the British Isles and one over the North Sea will bring outbreaks of rain across the Ireland, United Kingdom, Low Counties, as well as across western France and parts of Germany. Further to that, Poland, Czechia, Hungary and eastern parts of Austria may see some outbreaks of rain with some accumulations.
Scandinavia will enjoy a mostly dry day, but some light snow is possible over Finland for a time. Eastern Europe and the Baltic States dry and cold. Further south across the Mediterranean, a mixed day for most with some sunny spells and occasional showers. Driest of the conditions across the Balearics, Sardinia, Corsica, and northern Italy.