Issued: 0530hrs Monday 8th April 2024
Duty forecaster: Garry Nicholson

Rain and snow moves into the western Alps

Monday
Rain for most of central and northern Spain and Portugal, heavy in the north. Drier for south and eastern Spain. Fine conditions too in the Balearics and Italy with plenty of sunshine here. More sunshine to come across Greece and Turkey, some showers in the east.
Showery bursts of rain in west and central France but drier toward the Alps. Thundery showers develop for the Low Countries. Dry and bright for Germany. Sunshine and warm conditions in Poland. Dry with sunshine for much of Switzerland, Austria and Hungary.
Warm and dry in Denmark, decent spells of sunshine. Patchy rain around the southern Baltic and into southern Finland. Sunny and dry in Sweden. Norway will have a few showers in the west.

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.