Issued: 0530hrs Friday 16th September 2022
Duty forecaster: Alexi Venerus

Frequent showers as well as longer spells of rain with a chilly brisk wind across much of Europe

Friday
A few scattered showers across Spain but mostly dry here and through Portugal. A showery morning across the Balearics but these largely clearing off in the afternoon. Some heavy, thundery rain affecting northern and central areas of Italy, frier further south and across Sicily. Dry, fine and sunny through Greece and Turkey.
Cooler with cloudier skies and some showery rain affecting the north of France. Showers also towards the east, otherwise dry here with sunny spells. Spells of rain, some heavy, affecting the Low Countries and into northern and western Germany, Showers or longer spells of rain across Switzerland and Austria. Northern coasts of Poland will be windy and see showery rain, making it feel cool, otherwsie dry and fine. Outbreaks of rain, heavy at times for Croatia.
Cool and windy across Scandinavia with rain across northern and central Norway. Though most across Sweden and Norway will be dry with sunny spells. Showers and longer spells of rain affecting many across Finland and the Baltic States. Rain in the morning through Denmark then clearing to the south with sunny spells developing.

Saturday
Scattered showers across east Spain affecting the Balearic islands. Dry and fine through Portugal. Heavy rain across northern Italy in the morning will clear away east in the afternoon. Still some showers about later. Largely dry and fine through Turkey and Greece but showery rain encroaching on to far northern areas of Greece later.
A frequent stream of showers across eastern parts of France where it will feel cool. These frequent showers also affect the Low Countries, Germany, Switzerland and Austria where there will be a chilly wind. Heavy rain still affects parts of Croatia into Hungary. Cool across Poland with showers affecting the north and west.
Sunny spells and showers, some heavy and frequent, are again expected across Norway, Seden and Denmark with a brisk, chilly wind. Limited sunny spells and longer spells of rain across Finland into the Baltics.