Issued: 0530hrs Saturday 17th February 2024
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Fair for much of Europe, good spells of sunshine in central areas

Saturday
A mostly dry day over Portugal with sunny spells. Dry and sunny for most parts of Spain. Cloudier over France with some rain in far north through the day, brighter in south. A band of rain will spread east over the British Isles, clearing later. A dry and bright start over the Low Countries and Scandinavia but thickening cloud later. Some rain over south Germany soon clearing, otherwise a mostly dry and bright day. Rain pushing south over Poland, with a few showers following. Early rain for Finland and the Baltic States cleaning later with bright spells. Rain spreads south over Belarus and Ukraine, but brighter with sunny spells over southern Ukraine.
Some light rain over Switzerland, mostly in west. A dry start for Austria but rain arriving later. Rather cloudy over Czechia and Slovakia with outbreaks of rain. A dry morning with bright spells over Hungary and Romania but cloud and rain spreading over later. Balkans remaining fairly dry with sunny spells.
A cloudy start with occasional heavy showers over the Balearics. Brighter and drier over Sardinia and Corsica with sunny spells. Dry over Italy with long sunny spells. Same for Greece, but cloudier in south. A rather cloudy day over Turkey with some patchy rain in north. Cloudy over Cyprus with some heavy showers.

Sunday
Some rain in northern Spain on Sunday. Fair for the rest of Spain and Portugal with good spells of sunshine. More sunshine to come through the Balearics as well as most of Italy. Greece and Turkey should be fair too although a few showers in eastern Turkey.
Rain passing through France, becoming sunnier in the west. Wet and windy for the Low Countries and western parts of Germany. Fair for the eastern half of Germany and Poland. Austria and Hungary should be dry and sunny and it is likely to be remaining fair in Switzerland too.
Wet for Denmark with heavy spells of rain. Fine for the Baltic States, sunshine here. Fair in Finland and staying dry. Rain for southern Sweden but fine in the north. More rain in southern Norway sunny spells in the north.