Issued: 0530hrs Tuesday 31st March 2009
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling
Best of the sunshine through central parts of Europe
Tuesday
Showers for the east of Spain and through the Balearic Islands today. Conditions for western Spain and Portugal should be better though with some sunny spells to come through here. Most of France should be fair with some sunshine, although there will be cloud and some outbreaks of patchy rain in the east. For much the Low Countries, Germany, Austria, Hungary and Poland the day is going to be influenced by high pressure and this will bring sunshine and dry weather, as well as warm conditions after a chilly start.
Through Switzerland the day should be fine, but to the south low pressure through Italy will bring cloud and rain here, most of it light but turning more persistent later. Greece and Tukrey should enjoy fine days and it should be sunny on Crete and Cyprus too. Bulgaria and Romania may have some cloud and a few showers.
To the north cloud and showery rain will affectthe baltic States and it will be windy here. The rain turning to sleet at times in Finland where it will be windy again. For the south fo Sweden the day should be breezy with broken cloud, and a few showers are likely in Denmark. Better weather across central and northern Norway, although a few showers cannot be ruled out here.
Wednesday
Some cloud and showery rain for eastern Spain again today, feeling chilly here too in a fresh north wind. That cloud and patchy rain also affecting the balearics. For western and southern Spain as well as Portugal the day should be dry with sunny spells. Cloud and patchy rain extends to southern parts of France, but for central and northern areas the day should be dry with plenty of sunshine. A breezy day to come through the Netherlands and across the Low Countries and Germany. Through Poland the day should be dry. Austria and Hungary as well as Switzerland will have some cloud and a risk of patchy rain, but generally it should be dry here.
For Italy therre will be some west weather to the west and south, but the east should be dry with some sunshine here. Dry weather through Greece and feeling warm with more sunshine to come. The dry weather extending through Turkey and into Crete and Cyprus. Some cluod and patchy rain may affect Bulgaria and Romania.
To the north there will be sunny spells and a few showers across the Baltic States, these wintry showers affecting Finland too where it will be feeling cold. Dry across Sweden with some sunshine here and dry too in Denmark. Cloud and some patchy rain could affect western parts of Norway although the north should be dry with some sunshine here.