Issued: 0530hrs Thursday 1st January 2026
Duty forecaster: Dan Graves

Low pressure in southern Scandinavia produces wind and snow for much of northern Europe with cold temperatures. Some unsettled weather south too but more scattered in nature.

Thursday
A few showers for Portugal and western Spain, mostly dry east Iberia and bright towards the Mediterranean coast. Bright with a few early showers for the Balearics, Sardinia and Corsica. Showery for central Italy, largely bright to the south. The Balkans will be dry and bright, some wintry showers into coastal Croatia late in the day. Some early showers in the Aegean will clear for a dry and bright Greece and west Türkiye.
A dry day with plenty of sunny spells for France, but some showers over the north later. Cold with coastal wintry showers for the British Isles and the Low Countries. Becoming windy here with these wintry showers drifting into Germany as well. The wind stretches into Poland where spells of snow will be more widespread. A dry and bright day for Switzerland, Austria and Hungary. Some light snow showers for Czechia, Slovakia and Romania.
Windy in the Baltic States with snow increasingly widespread. Windy with snow across much of central Scandinavia and Denmark, local lulls in the wind in the south where the snow will be more showery. Generally lighter winds in the far north and only scattered snow showers but largely cloudy and very cold here.

Friday
More showery rain for western Iberia, skies increasingly sunny in east Spain and the Balearics. Scattered showers for Sardinia and Corsica, as well as central and southern Italy. Showers too for the Balkan States, most showers near the coast and turning snowy on higher elevations. Showers arrive in western Greece, dry and bright over the Aegean and most of Türkiye.
Some rain and snow in northern France, dry and brighter to the south. The Low Countries, Germany, and Poland will be cold and windy with snow showers, these pushing into Czechia and Slovakia too. Snow showers will arrive to Switzerland, Austria, and Hungary as well. Snow in western Romania, drier and brighter to the east and southward into Bulgaria.
Widely cold across Scandinavia. Frequently snowing with strong winds in southern Sweden and Finland, Denmark, and the Baltic States. Norway is generally drier with showers largely isolated to the coast, but still cloudy. Less wind and snow in northern Scandinavia but very cold and cloudy here.