Issued: 0530hrs Wednesday 18th March 2015
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling
Showers and rain in Spain and Portugal as well as Greece, fair to north
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.
Thursday
Further showers and outbreaks of rain across southern and eastern Spain, further rain in southern Portugal too. Drier across the rest of Portugal and most of northern Spain. Some showers in the Balearics and further showers in southern Italy as well, Heavier showers for Greece and some heavy showers or rain in Turkey.
Some showery rain in the far southwest of France, but overall dry with sunny spells. Broken cloud and cool in the Low Countries and Germany as well as Portugal. Austria, Hungary and Switzerland are going to be mostly dry too with further broken cloud.
Dry with sunny spells in Denmark and the Baltic States. Mostly dry in southern Finland, but some snow showers to the north and windy here too. Sweden is likely to be dry with sunny spells as well. Rain in western and northern Norway.