Issued: 0530hrs Monday 25th March 2024
Duty forecaster: Garry Nicholson

Wet for France and Italy into midweek

Monday
Cool and wet for south and central Spain, thundery downpours. Showers in the northwest. The Balearics will have showers too. Italy will be fair with plenty of sunshine. Greece sees sunshine and local showers. Heavy rain and mountain snow in western Turkey, showers in the east.
Rain in the far northwest of France but fair for the rest of the country with sunshine. Fair and mild with sunny spells in the Low Countries and western Germany. Showery in eastern Germany and Poland. Hungary will be bright and dry with sunshine. Austria and Switzerland stay dry with more sunshine here.
Broken cloud and a few showers over Denmark. Heavy showers and outbreaks of rain in southern Sweden. The Baltic States will be bright and dry. Fair for Finland as well as the northern half of Sweden. Scattered showers in Norway.

Tuesday
Unsettled across west and southern Europe with low pressure in charge. Heavy rain and showers for Spain and Portugal. Extensive heavy rain through France. Heavy downpours for the western Mediterranean and Italy. Some rain may move into the southern Alps, but much of Austria should be dry. Breezy into mainland Greece with some patchy rain for the Balkan states.
Dry with sunshine for the Greek islands and much of Turkey as previous rain clears away eastwards. Plenty of dry and pleasantly warm weather across central and eastern Europe from Romania and Bulgaria to Hungary, Poland and Germany. A little rain may reach Belgium, whilst the Netherlands should stay dry.
Patchy rain in southern Norway, rather cloudy skies for Sweden, but a fair amount of dry weather. Quite mild with southeasterly breezes into the Baltic.