Issued: 0530hrs Tuesday 30th December 2014
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Cold eastern Europe with rain and snow, drier to the west

Tuesday
Cold but dry and sunny across Britain, France, Belgium, Holland and Denmark today. Outbreaks of rain, sleet and snow are expected across Germany with snow for Austria and the Adriatic Region.
Cold but dry with sunny spells across Portugal and Spain. Snow showers are expected across Italy with further snow expected across Greece into western parts of Turkey. Patchy rain to come across eastern Turkey. Mainly dry across Bulgaria, Romania, Poland, Belarus and The Baltic States.
Outbreaks of snow will fall across Finland and Russia with Sweden and Norway very cold but dry. It remains unsettled, windy and showery across the Mediterranean with gusty winds and frequent, heavy squally showers merging into longer spells of rain.

New Year's Eve
A fair day in Spain and Portugal to end 2014. Some showers for the Balearics and feeling cold here as well. Dry in northern Italy but cold, with some heavy showers in central and southern Italy. Unsettled in Greece, heavy rain here and some rain too for Turkey.
A cold day in France with sunshine and being mostly dry. Chilly too in the Low Countries and Germany, although some cloud and sleet in northern Poland. Fine, dry and cold for Austria, Switzerland and Hungary.
Fair in Denmark, although rather cloudy here. Some cloud and drizzle for the Baltic States, and some snow in Finland. Hazy sunshine but mostly dry for Sweden. Dry and bright for much of Norway, although showers in the west.