Issued: 0530hrs Friday 18th April 2024
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Wet in France, Spain and Portugal, fine for the central and eastern Mediterranean

Friday
A wet day in central and northern Spain as well as Portugal. Fair in eastern Spain. The Balearics, Corsica and Sardinia will be dry with sunny spells. Showers will be forming in Italy, mainly in the east. Greece should be dry with sunny spells. Staying fair in Turkey with more sunshine here.
Cloud and some rain in the far west of France whilst central and eastern areas are dry. The Low Countries will be bright and dry with sunny spells. Rain in much of Germany, this extending to Poland where it will be heavy. More rain and showers across Austria, Hungary and Switzerland.
Denmark will be cloudy but mostly dry. Broken cloud and some brightness for the Baltic States. Finland will have cloud and outbreaks of rain. Light rain in eastern Sweden but drier in the west and north. Norway will be dry and bright in the south but wetter and cloudier in central and northern areas with snow showers here.

Saturday
Low pressure bringing rain and showers across Spain and Portugal. Showers in the Balearics. Fair across Corsica and Sardinia. Italy will be fine and dry with sunny spells. Greece and Turkey will be generally dry although cool in places here.
Wet in central and western France but drier in eastern parts. The Low Countries and Germany tending to be warm and dry with good spells of sunshine. Cloud and some rain in eastern areas of Poland. Showers affecting Austria but Hungary and Switzerland should be dry with sunny spells.
Denmark will be rather cloudy. Damp in the Baltic States, some rain here. More rain in southern Finland but drier in the north. Rain in southern Sweden and southern Norway. Dry and fine in northern areas of Sweden and Norway, some wintry showers affecting northern and western Norway.