Europe forecast: Chilly winds northern Europe - Sunny and warm south-west, Jan 12 - 04:43

Thursday Plenty of sunny weather for Spain and Portugal, and pleasantly warm at 18C around the Algarve. Chance of a few showers over the western Mediterranean, but southern France and much of Italy should stay dry and bright. Sunshine too for for Greece and the Balkan countries, whilst rain and snow moves east into Turkey. Staying cold for south-eastern Europe, but mainly dry. A few snow flurries for Romania. A brisk westerly wind across central-northern Europe brings showers to Germany and Poland, these falling as snow in many areas, temperatures 2 to 5C. A zone of heavy rain spreads into northern France from the north-west, accompanied by gusty winds. Much of the Alps should be dry all day, but rain arriving from the west will turn to snow over the western Alps into the evening and night. Low pressure over northern Europe brings squally snow showers to southern Scandinavia, very frequent in south-west Norway. Light winds and some bright weather in central Norway & Sweden. Cloudy and cold with snow flurries for Finland and the Baltic states.

Friday Low pressure develops and moves quickly south & east across the Alps into northern Italy in the early hours of Friday. Areas of heavy rain or showers affect central & southern Italy, whilst rain and snow sweeps into the Balkans and Hungary. Gales for southern France and the western Mediterranean. Greece, Turkey and the eastern Med will be dry with sunshine. A cool northerly breeze affects Iberia, bringing showers to the Biscay coast, but southern Spain and Portugal stay sunny and fairly mild. A cold north-westerly wind affects France, and bands of heavy wintry showers will affect north-east France and the Low Countries. Clusters of snow showers clear east from Germany in the morning, but will affect Poland much of the day. Low pressure remains centred broadly over Scandinavia. Snow showers in western Norway, whilst much of Sweden will be dry and cold. Snow flurries in Finland, and some heavier falls moving into the Baltic states.

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