Issued: 0530hrs Monday 19th March 2025
Duty forecaster: Dan Graves

Heavy showers in Iberia slip towards the Alps, showers in eastern Europe as well; fair for many other areas

Monday
Heavy thunderstorms in northern Spain and parts of Portugal on Monday. Fair and quite warm for southern areas of Iberia. The Balearics, Sardinia and Corsica will be dry and mostly sunny with scattered cloud, hot in Sardinia. More sunshine in Italy, scattered showers in the north. Heavy showers for the Balkan States, most clearing for a mostly sunny late afternoon; some linger in central Balkans. Greece and Türkiye should be dry with lots of sunshine.
Heavy thunderstorms in central and southern areas of France, these merging to longer spells of rain too. Northern France should be dry with sunny spells. The Low Countries and Germany will be dry and mostly sunny. Cloud and some rain in Poland, most notably in the south and Czechia. Heavy rain for eastern areas of Hungary and Slovakia. Western Hungary and Austria will be mostly dry with sunny spells. Dry too in Switzerland, only a scattered light shower. Extensive showers across Romania and Ukraine.
Denmark will be dry with lots of sunshine. Finland is going to be dry as well. Sweden will be dry and sunny with more dry weather for Norway too. A few showers over the coasts of northern Norway. Rain for Lithuania and east Latvia. West Latvia and Estonia should be dry and sunny.

Tuesday
A fine and sunny day for Iberia and the Balearics. Showery with a mix of cloud and sun Sardinia and Corsica. Most of Italy becoming cloudy with heavy showers north, some thunder likely. Showers more scattered central and south. Showers into the north Balkan States, mostly cloud to the south. Another dry and mostly sunny day for Greece and Türkiye.
Frequent heavy showers continue in south and east France; fine in the north. Showers spread across Switzerland and Austria as well. Fine and mostly sunny Low Countries and Germany. Fine too into Poland and Czechia, a few clouds and isolated showers in southern areas here. Some showers in Romania and Bulgaria with plenty of sun spells; breezy around the Black Sea.
Brisk cool breeze west Norway and Denmark though extensive sunshine here. Sunny in Sweden and Finland as well, only cloudy with rain in the far north. Dry with good sun for the Baltic States.