Issued: 0530hrs Tuesday 20th January 2026
Duty forecaster: Dan Graves

Low pressure keeps weather generally unsettled around the Mediterranean and western Europe.

Tuesday
Heavy rain in northwest Spain and northern Portugal; heavy rain continues in eastern Spain as well. Central and south Iberia is dry with sun. Further heavy rain and windy in the central Mediterranean Sea, most persistent in southern Italy and Sicily. Central and northern Italy will stay largely dry. More sunshine for the Balkan States. Few scattered showers in west Greece, brighter to the east and in Türkiye.
Rain in southern France and later into the northwest, dry to the east and bright. Widely dry across central and eastern Europe with a broad area of sunshine north of the Alps from the Low Countries eastward into Poland. A hard morning frost in eastern Poland, Belarus, and Ukraine, staying cold all day. Some cloud here too, as well as in Hungary.
A dry day in northern Europe. Bright in Denmark, southern Sweden, and Lithuania. Staying mostly cloudy north of these areas, though western Norway may see sunny breaks at times.

Wednesday
Rain spreads widely across Iberia from the west with time through the day. The Balearics will see an improving day with sun breaks in the afternoon. Rain in Sardinia and Corsica gradually eases. Showers will linger in south and eastern Italy, staying dry in the north and often bright. Heavy rain slips into Greece and particularly over the Aegean Sea, falling as snow on western mountains. This rain will reach west Türkiye with time, again falling as snow on high terrain.
Often raining in central and western France. Another dry and bright day across the Alps and the countries to the north of the mountains. More cloud lingers in Ukraine and Belarus, as well as Romania and Bulgaria. Snow will reach southern Bulgaria later in the day.
A notable breeze blows from the Baltic States across the Baltic Sea into southern Sweden and Denmark. This wind will draw a few snow showers into Sweden's east coast, but the rest of Scandinavia remains dry, though cloudier than prior days in southern parts. Very cold in Lithuania and Latvia.