Issued: 0530hrs Tuesday 17th March 2015
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling
Rain and showers in the Mediterranean, drier to the north
Tuesday
A chilly day across Europe but milder across England. The weather continues settled and dry across a good part of Europe from France eastward into Germany, The Low Countries, Poland, The Baltic States into Russia.
Some rain to come across Greece otherwise another fine, day to come across The Balkans and the Adriatic Region. Continued cold across Turkey with a few rain, sleet and snow showers. A cloudy, windy and wet day to come across Italy with heavy rain with snow over the Alps. Wet too with heavy rain across Portugal and showers for western parts of Spain.
Fair, chilly but dry across central and eastern parts of Spain. Sunny and dry across Finland with Sweden and Norway dry but cloudy.
Wednesday
Heavy showers and rain in central and southern Spain and southern Portugal. Drier in the far north with sunny spells. A dry day with sunny spells through the Balearics. Heavy showers in southern Italy, dry to the north. A risk of further showers for Greece. Sunny spells and dry in Turkey.
France will will be mostly dry with sunny spells here, although some showers in the far south. A dry day too in the Low Countries and Germany as well as Poland, and feeling chilly here. Staying cool for Austria, Hungary and Switzerland and dry here as well.
A few spots of rain in Denmark. Dry for the Baltic States with sunny spells, and remaining dry in Finland as well. Mostly dry in Sweden. A few showers in southern Norway, mostly dry elsewhere with sunny spells.