Issued: 0530hrs Thursday 18th February 2026
Duty forecaster: Dan Graves

Low pressure near the Mediterranean brings rain to south and southeast Europe, falling as snow in upland and central areas.

Thursday
Fine for Portugal and most of Spain; sunny spells and generally dry. Cloud and some outbreaks of rain in the far north of Spain. The Balearics will be dry and bright with sunshine. Rain for Corsica and Sardinia as well as much of central and southern Italy; morning rain in northern Italy with snow in the mountains. A notable westerly breeze across the Mediterranean. Outbreaks of rain in the north and coastal Balkan States with time. Greece will have a few showers in the west but will be mostly dry with sunshine. Türkiye should be dry with more sunny spells here.
Wind and rain in France, turning brighter and showery in the north. The Low Countries will have cloud and will be cold with showery rain or sleet. Germany is dry in the north but cloudy and wet in central and southern areas, often falling as snow. Poland should be dry and cold with a mix of cloud and sun. Sleet and snow in Hungary and this will be turning to some heavy snow in Austria, as well as heavy rain in west Hungary later. Switzerland will have more sleet and some heavy snow at high levels. Snow also stretches into Slovakia with time. Bright and dry near the Black Sea.
Denmark will be dry and bright with broken cloud. Similarly dry with broken cloud in southern parts of Finland, Norway, and Sweden. More cloud and some patchy snow for the Baltic States, quite cold north. Finland is cold, some snow in the east. Sweden will be cold and cloudy to the north. Fair for southern Norway but rain in the north, snow showers in the far north and cold here too.

Friday
Mostly sunny in Iberia, just some patchy rain in the Pyrenees mountains, sunny in the Balearics as well. Early showers for Sardinia, Corsica, and Italy, these largely clearing to just some showers in southwest Italy; snow lingers in the mountainous north for a time. Showery in the Balkans, falling often as snow in northern areas. Heavy rain in west Greece moves east into the Aegean; Türkiye stays dry and bright.
Some rain in east and northern France, this rain extending into the Low Countries and west Germany. Early snow across the Alps, this mostly fading but spreading extensively into Hungary and Ukraine. East Germany, Czechia, Poland, and Slovakia stay dry with bright spells. Breezy along the northern coasts. Snow in northern Romania, with showers further south and into Bulgaria.
Some snow in northern Sweden and Finland, but otherwise a dry start in northeast Europe. A southerly wind in Denmark and Sweden. With time, snow arrives into Denmark and southwest Norway, reaching west Sweden after Dark. Finland is bright and cold again; northern Sweden and Norway are cold too. Bright for the Baltic States.