Issued: 0530hrs Thursday 8th January 2026
Duty forecaster: Filotas Paschos

Wintry weather

Thursday
A dry start for Portugal and Spain, but rain arrives in northwest soon. Windy and cloudy for France with outbreaks of rain and sleet. Heavy rain and snow arrives over the British Isles later in the day along with strong winds. A mostly dry start for the Low Countries, but heavy rain, snow and strong winds arrive later. Outbreaks of rain, sleet and snow for Germany along with strong winds. Windy but mostly dry for Denmark. Cold with outbreaks of light snow for Norway, but heavy over Sweden. Cold and dry for Finland, and the Baltic States. Heavy snow arrives for Belarus and Ukraine along with strong winds.
Outbreaks of rain sleet and snow for Switzerland. Snow arrives later in the morning over western Austria and western Czechia. Slovakia and Hungary will be cold with heavy snow over the far eastern parts. Heavy snow for the Balkans and Romania.
Breezy but dry with sunny spells for the Balearics. Some showers for Sardinia and Corsica, perhaps wintry over high ground at first. Showery for Italy, heavy showers and strong winds for Greece mostly in north and west. Outbreaks of rain and hill snow for Turkiye. Some rain arrives later in the day over Cyprus.

Friday
Showery for Finland and northern Spain, drier brighter further south. Wintry showers for France and eastern United Kingdom. Heavy snow for the Low Countries, Germany and southern Denmark. Cold with some light patchy snow for Norway, drier for Sweden, Finland, and the Baltic States. Poland will see mostly dry conditions. Heavy snow for Belarus and Ukraine.
Outbreaks of snow for Switzerland, Austria, Czechia, Hungary and Slovakia. Drier for Romania, however western Balkans will see some snow.
A mostly dry day for the Balearics, while Sardinia and Corsica will see plenty of showers, some of them wintry. Wintry showers for northern Italy, while the south will see rain showers. A mostly dry and bright day for Greece, but for showers over the western parts. Heavy snow for eastern Turkiye, but drier brighter over the west. Rain and showers for Cyprus.