Issued: 0530hrs Monday 27th January 2025
Duty forecaster: Garry Nicholson

Windy across western Europe, gales near coasts

Monday
Unsettled across western Europe with a broad area of low pressure to the northwest and a series of fronts extending from southern Scandinavia through into central and southwestern areas. Extensively windy, coastal gales.
Heavy rain for Spain and Portugal, less wet toward southeastern Spain. The Balearics will be windy but mostly dry. A few showers for Corsica, drier for Sardinia. Dry and sunny for Sicily, showery further north over Italy, frequent rain in the north of Italy. Rain and mountain snow for southern France into Switzerland. Frequent showers for western France. Periods of rain extending through Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany. Heavy rain for Denmark into southern Norway and Sweden. Drier for northern Scandinavia.
Dry and mild across east and southeastern Europe with southerly breezes. Variable cloud and breezy for Poland, Czechia and Hungary. Sunshine and warm for Greece, Turkiye and countries around the Black Sea.

Tuesday
Areas of heavy rain continue to drift across Spain, more prolonged rain in northern areas with strong winds through Biscay. Showery for Portugal. Showers too for the Balearics. Local showers Corsica and Sardinia, mixed with sunny spells. Showery rain across Italy, wetter toward the northeast and into Slovenia. Staying dry, sunny and quite warm through Greece, Turkiye and countries around the Black Sea.
Windy and showery through France and the Low Countries. A few showers into western Germany, but drier further east. Rain and mountain snow through Austria and east of Switzerland. Some patchy rain into Poland and Hungary.
A front pushes north through Finland and northern Sweden with snow and rain. Showers in Denmark, southern Sweden and Norway.