Issued: 0530hrs Tuesday 28th September 2021
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Fair for much of Europe, showers in the south

Tuesday
Some showers around the Pyrenees, but most of Spain and Portugal will be dry and warm. Showers too for southern Italy, plus a few showers near the Alps, but north and central Italy looks mainly dry. The Mediterranean islands plus Greece and Turkey also dry with sun.
Areas of rain for southeastern Europe from the Czech Republic into Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria. Mainly dry toward the Black Sea. Some patchy rain for western Poland, but much of Germany should be dry and quite warm. France and the Low Countries will be dry with sunny spells, although rain moves into northwest France through the day.
A belt of rain lies across Sweden and parts of northern Norway, but southern Norway will be dry. High pressure centred around Finland brings fair weather to much of the Baltic region, and reasonably warm temperatures on southeasterly winds.

Wednesday
A few showers in northern Spain on Wednesday. Fair for most of the rest of Spain and Portugal with plenty of sunshine. Further sunshine in the Balearics, Corsica and Sardinia. Showers for Italy, heavy at times in the east. Further showers for western Greece but dry and fair in the east. Breezy for Turkey with sunny spells and dry.
France should have fair conditions with plenty of sunshine. A few showers in the south. Windy through the Netherlands with some rain here. Showers over central and southern Germany. A few showers in western parts of Poland, fair in the east. Hungary will have some rain or showers in the west. Austria may have som heavy periods of rain. Switzerland will be cloudy with scattered showers.
Wet through Denmark with some heavy bursts of rain. Breezy and fair through the Baltic States although dry with sunny spells. Staying dry in Finland with sunshine here. Rain and cloud in southern Norway, but fair to the north.