Issued: 0530hrs Friday 16th January 2026
Duty forecaster: Filotas Paschos

Showers for Mediterranean

Friday
Showers and longer spells of rain for Portugal, spreading east over Spain through the day. A band of rain moves east with showers following in west. Rain clears from Scotland, with showers spreading east over the British Isles. A dry and breezy day for the Low Countries, Germany, and Poland. Some rain for western Denmark, moving over Norway and Sweden, and later in the day over Finland, turning to snow even at low levels. Cold but dry for the Baltic States, Belarus and Ukraine.
A rather dry day for Switzerland, Austria, Czechia, Slovakia and Hungary. Some light rain or sleet and hill snow for Romania and Bulgaria. Western Balkans will see drier conditions with sunny spells.
A few showers for the Balearics, more frequent for Sardinia and Corsica. Plenty of showers over southern Italy, and eastern parts of Greece. Outbreaks of snow for eastern Turkiye. A few showers for Cyprus.

Saturday
Plenty of showers for Portugal, a few on the heavy side. A showery day for Spain, gradually drier from the west. Showers for France, a longer spell of rain for south. Coastal showers for the British Isles. A dry but rather cloudy day for the Low Countries, Germany, Denmark and Poland with fresh winds. Some snow for the northern parts of Norway, Sweden and Finland, drier in south. Very cold but dry for the Baltic States, Belarus and Ukraine.
A dry bur cold day for Switzerland, Austria, Czechia, Slovakia and Hungary. Romania and Bulgaria will see a dry and cold day, but possible some coastal wintry showers cannot be excluded. The rest of the Balkans will see a dry day.
Outbreaks of rain for the Balearics, while Sardinia and Corsica will see scattered showers. Coastal showers for Italy mostly in south. Greece will see a cold day with showers mostly over the sea areas. Turkiye will see snow showers over the eastern parts. Showers for Cyprus.