Issued: 0530hrs Thursday 12th March 2015
Duty forecaster: Garry Nicholson
Heavy showers across Italy and Greece as well as Turkey, but drier to the north
Thursday
Another dry and warm day across Iberia, with sunshine for Spain. Clouds may thicken later for Portugal with a risk of a little rain in the north-west. France, the western Mediterranean and Italy will remain largely dry and sunny. Dry too in the western Alps, a few showers for Austria. Showers toward the south of Italy and Sicily.
Continued thundery showers for Greece. Turkey will be unsettled with heavy rain and mountain snow, particularly toward the east. Cool and unsettled for the Balkan states and eastern Europe, with outbreaks of rain and snow for Bulgaria and Romania. High pressure continues to reside over Scandinavia, bringing dry conditions to northern Europe, including Germany and Denmark.
Windy in the far north of Norway, with snow showers.
Friday
A few showers affecting the far north of Spain today. Fair elsewhere through Portugal and Spain with good spells of sunshine. Some showers developing over northern Italy. A few showers in southern Italy too, with much heavier showers in Greece and Turkey.
Cloud and some rain affecting the north and west of France. Fair for the Low Countries and through Germany and Poland with some sunny spells here, although feeling cool. Austria, Hungary and GreeceSwitzerland will be mostly dry with sunny spells.
Some cloud with rain in the UK, but fair and cool in GreeceDenmark. Dry with some sunshine in the Baltic States and through Finland, with more dry weather to come in Sweden. It will be dry in Norway too. Portugal France Germany