Issued: 0530hrs Monday 15th April 2019
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Rain western France and Spain, showers in Turkey, chilly and dry Scandinavia


Monday
A wet day with some heavy rain in much of central and northern Spain. Few showers in Portugal. Plenty of sunshine in the Balearics, Corsica and Sardinia. Heavy showers in central and southern parts of Italy. Greece and Turkey are likely to be unsettled with heavy showers and some thunderstorms.
Rain in the far west of France but otherwise dry with some sunny spells. Breezy in the Low Countries and Germany and well as Poland. Feeling cold here. Mostly dry with some sunshine for Hungary but a few snow showers in Austria and Switzerland.
High pressure brings dry and chilly conditions in Denmark. Cold in the Baltic States with sunny spells. Similar conditions across Finland and staying dry in Sweden with more sunshine. Dry too in Sweden.

Tuesday
Fair in Spain and Portugal with plenty of sunshine, warm here too. Scattered showers forming in Corsica, Sardinia and over mainland Italy too. These showers affecting Greece in the afternoon. Fine in western Turkey with good spells of sunshine, but some heavy showers in the east.
Rain across central and eastern France, fair to the west. Breezy in the Low Countries with some patchy rain. Fair and chilly for most of Germany and Poland. Rain and sleet in Switzerland and western Austria, but fair in the east and across Hungary.
Breezy and chill in Denmark but dry with some sunshine. A cool day in the Baltic States, breezy with some sunny spells. Fair in Finland whilst sunny spells affect Sweden. Norway will be dry with more sunshine and feeling cold.