Issued: 0530hrs Tuesday 27th January 2026
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Rain central and western areas, some of it heavy, colder and drier Scandinavia

Tuesday
Heavy rain and high-level snow sweeps through Spain, becoming showery for Portugal behind this system on strong westerly winds. Some showers for the Balearics, Corsica and Sardinia, pushing into northwest Italy. Largely dry and fine for southern Italy and the Adriatic. A shallow area of low pressure brings thundery rain to the eastern Mediterranean and mountain snow to the south-west of Türkiye. Drier for Greece. Snow and rain for Romania and Bulgaria.
Rain advances eastward through France, with some snow reaching the western Alps. Rain also develops into the Low Countries on brisk winds. Dry across Germany and much of the Alps until later when some rain and snow moves in from the west. Dry weather extends through Poland and central-eastern countries, including Hungary into the Balkans. Snow and rain into Ukraine and Belarus.
Chilly easterly winds for the southern Baltic, some snow flurries. Mostly dry for Denmark and the majority of Norway, Sweden and Finland.

Wednesday
Heavy rain int Portugal and much of southern Spain on Wednesday. Better in central and eastern Spain. Showers through the Balearics with some rain and strong winds for Italy. Heavy rain in western Greece but fair in the east. Turkey should be fair with some sunshine here.
France will have rain in the far west but central and eastern areas will be drier. Cool and dry for the Low Countries but some wintry showers in central and western areas of Germany. Cold in Poland but dry. Snow for Austria and Hungary as well as Switzerland, some of it heavy.
A cold and windy day for Denmark with wintry precipitation here. Breezy and chill for the Baltic States. Fair in Finland and cold here. Staying cold across Sweden, windy in the south. Norway will be cold and mosty dry although some snow showers in the far north and the far south.