Issued: 0530hrs Monday 29th December 2025
Duty forecaster: Dan Graves

Best of bright and dry weather in west/northwest Europe where high pressure is dominant. Showery in the Mediterranean, increasingly so in the east, with spells of snow for Scandinavia.

Monday
A few showers in eastern and southern Spain. Fine for most of Spain and Portugal with plenty of sunshine west. Scattered showers in the Balearics, Corsica and Sardinia, though often sunny too. Italy will be fair after morning fog clears, then plenty of sunshine. The Balkan States, Greece, and Türkiye will be dry with lots of sunshine too.
Cool and dry with plenty of sunshine in France, blustery in the north. The Low Countries Germany, and Czechia will be cold and cloudy from the brisk northerly breeze. Some snow showers affecting east Poland. Austria and Hungary will be dry with lots of sunshine too. Switzerland is going to be dry and fair as well as cold. Snow in Belarus and Ukraine, some early in Romania though becoming sunny with time.
Windy and cold through the Baltic States with a mix of sunshine and wintry showers. Windy too in Finland, cold with scattered snow showers. Further snow showers for north and west Sweden with some sunny spells. Heavy, frequent snow showers affecting much of northern and western Norway, often bright in the far south and in Denmark.

Tuesday
Some rain in northern Spain, otherwise fine with sunny spells in Iberia. Scattered showers for the central Mediterranean islands and Italy, the showers more frequent and heavy south. Bright spells in the Balkan States. Increasingly showery in southern Greece, later heavy and pushing into western Türkiye.
More mixed cloud and sun for France and the Low Countries, some patchy rain possible near the coast. Mostly fine and cold in Germany in Switzerland, just some patchy snow in southeast Germany and west Austria. Patchy snow too in Czechia and Slovakia, more often snowy eastern Poland; windy here. A few snow showers in Serbia and Romania too but often bright away from the showers.
More bright and windy weather for Denmark and southern Sweden. Frequent heavy snow continues to affect north and west Norway, this slipping into central Sweden later in the day. Some snow in southern Finland, other parts dry with bright spells. Snow will be fairly frequent across the Baltic States.