UK and Europe weather forecast latest, January 8: Ferocious Arctic blast to cover the UK with heavy snow as temperatures plummet

Heavy rain across eastern and southern Spain and Portugal with snow on the hills. More rain in the Balearics. Showers for Corsica and Sardinia as well as southern Italy. Northern Italy should be dry and fine. Greece will have sunshine and should be staying dry. A dry day too for Turkey with more sunshine to come here.

Fair for France but cold with sunshine. Showers in the Low Countries and northern Germany, these heavy and wintry. Fair in southern Germany. Poland will have sunny spells but some showers to the north. Hungary, Austria and Switzerland should all be fair with sunny spells. Coo, with wintry showers in Denmark. Cold for the Baltic States and Finland but mostly dry. Chilly too in Sweden with some showers in the east, fair for most areas. Norway will have some wintry showers on the coasts.

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On January 8

Heavy rain in southern and eastern parts of Spain. Bright and dry for northern and western Spain and Portugal. Rain too in the Balearics and Sardinia with dry weather in Corsica. Southern areas of Italy will be wet, although most of the rest of Italy will be dry with sunshine. Fair for Greece and Turkey with both countries seeing sunshine.

Some morning fog in France, slowly lifting to leave dry weather and sunny spells. Scattered showers in the Low Countries . Wintry showers for Germany. Poland will be dry with sunny spells. Hungary and Austria as well as Switzerland will be dry with more spells of sunshine here.

Cloud and outbreaks of snow in Denmark. Further snow in the Baltic States. Cold and dry in Finland. Some snow in the far south of Sweden, fair in central and northern areas although always some snow flurries on eastern coasts. Norway will be fair overall, although some snow showers over western coasts. UK and Europe weather forecast latest, January 4: Heavy rain, cold air to batter with snow and wintry conditions throughout Europe The latest weather forecast shows that significant snow and wintry conditions are expected throughout Europe as heavy rain and cold air batters the continent. Meanwhile, ... UK and Europe weather forecast latest, January 3: Brutal freezing air to blast the UK with significant snow and harsh frost Brutal freezing conditions will continue to blast the UK in the first week of January. Meanwhile, low pressure brings unsettled conditions to the Mediterranean. UK and Europe weather forecast latest, January 2: Snow showers with bitterly cold winds to hit the UK as temperatures plummet The UK is forecasted to cope with snow showers as polar bomb strikes. Meanwhile, Europe sets to bear heavy snow at first weekend of 2021.