Issued: 0530hrs Wednesday 1st November 2017
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Fair in central Europe but cold and more unsettled to the north


Wednesday
Broken cloud across Portugal and central parts of Spain today. There will be a few showers here too. Further showers and cloud affecting the balearics as well as Sardinia. Italy should be dry with good sunny spells once morning fog patches have cleared. Rain, heavy at times across southern Greece. Turkey will be breezy and dry with sunny spells.
Fine across France with lots of sunshine here. The Low Countries will be dry with more sunshine to come here. Coud and some rain affecting northern Germany whilst rain and wind will trouble much of western Poland. Fair for Switzerland, Hungary and Austria with plenty of sunshine here.
Denmark will be breezy and damp with some rain and wind affecting the Baltic States too. Finland should be mostly dry with some brightness here. Cloud, wind and some rain in southern Sweden whilst central and northern areas are dry with sunny spells. Cloud, wind and rain across Norway.

Thursday
Cloud and rain in Portugal, some of it heavy in the west. Spain will be dry with plenty of sunshine. Dry too in the balearics and it is going to be mostly sunny across Italy. Greece and Turkey will be dry with lots of sunshine throughout.
Early fog patches lifting in France to leave a fine day with lots of sunshine. A few showers in the Low Countries with cold weather blowing south into central Germany. Chilly across Poland with showers or longer spells of rain, breezy here too. Austria and Hungary as well as Switzerland will be drier with sunny spells and feeling cold here.
A cold and breezy day in Denmark with sunny spells. Rain in the baltic States some of it heavy. Chilly with sunny spells and showers in Finland. Breezy and cold in Sweden with a mix of sunshine and showers. Mostly fair in southern Norway bt wind and some rain to the north.