Issued: 0530hrs Monday 8th April 2024
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Fair western areas, showers in the central Mediterranean but fair east

Tuesday
Much of Spain and Portugal will be dry with sunshine. Showery in the far north of Spain and across western France. Some rain and showers for the western Mediterranean. Heavy rain for southeast France, Switzerland and northeast Italy, snow over the western Alps. South and central Italy stays dry.
Some showery rain for Germany and the Low Countries. Fine and warm weather across eastern Europe with lots of sunshine from Hungary and Poland to Greece and the Black Sea. Thundery rain for southern Turkey and Cyprus.
Rain develops and becomes heavy for southern Norway. Rain also pushes across Denmark into southern Sweden in the afternoon. The Baltic region and northern Scandinavia looks mostly dry.

Wednesday
Fair for Spain and Portugal on Wednesday. Plenty of warm spring sunshine across the Balearics as well. Some showers for Corsica and Sardinia, some of them heavy. More heavy showers in northern Italy, but southern areas should be drier. Greece should be fine and dry with good spells of sunshine. Fair in western Turkey, sunny too.
Fair for most of France although the far northwest will have some cloud and drizzle. Patchy rain in the southeast too. The Low Countries having a fair day with sunny spells. Fine for Germany, plenty of sunshine here. More sunshine to come through Poland. Hungary will be bright and dry with sunny spells. Dry for Austria with cloud and some rain in Switzerland.
Fair for Denmark with sunny spells. Fine for the Baltic States. Wind and a few showers in Finland. Windy for Sweden with some fair weather in the south, rain in the north. Windy Norway, snow in northern areas, lighter rain to the south.