Issued: 0530hrs Saturday 8th April 2017
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Fair across much of central and southern Europe but rain and wind to the north


Saturday
More sunshine in Spain and Portugal today and feeling very warm. Staying fine across the rest of the central Mediterranean with the Balearics, Corsica, Sardinia and Italy all being dry and sunny. Fair for Greece with more sunshine here. Showers in parts of eastern Turkey but mostly fair to the west.
Staying fine in France with good spells of sunshine to come here. Dry and bright in the Low Countries, again with sunny spells. Germany and Poland should be fair too. This fair weather extending into Austria, Hungary and Switzerland.
A dry day with more sunshine in Denmark. Cool with a mix of sunny spells and isolated showers in the Baltic States and Finland. Fair for most of Sweden with showers or rain in western Norway.

Sunday
Fair weather across Spain and Portugal with good spells of sunshine. It is going to be staying fair across the Balearics. Italy will be fine with moe sunshine. Greece too is going to be fair with plenty of sunny spells and staying fair in much of Turkey too.
France will be dry with good spells of sunshine. Fair weather across the Low Countries and into Germany as well as Poland. Hungary and Austria will be fair with more sunshine to come here, but a few showers could trouble Switzerland.
Denmark will be dry with sunny spells and breezy here as well. The Baltic States will be dry with good spells of sunshine. Rain and wind affecting Finland. Sweden will be dry with sunny spells although cloud, rain and showers as well as strong winds affecting western Norway.