Issued: 0530hrs Monday 7th March 2022
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Showers and rain in the Mediterranean, generally fair in northern and central Europe

Monday
Rain affecting eastern parts of Spain on Monday. Fair in Portugal and western Spain with good spells of sunshine. Fair in the Balearics. Rain for central and southern Italy, fine in the north with lots of sunshine here. Showers and rain in northern Greece, dry in the south. Heavy rain and sleet in western Turkey, fair in the eas.
A cool and fine day in France, plenty of sunshine here. Broken cloud and sunny spells in the Netherlands and Germany. Some snow showers in eastern Poland, fair in the wes. Hungary should be fair with sunny spells. More sunshine across Austria and Switzerland, dry here too.
Lots of sunshine and dry weather in Denmark. Southern Sweden and southern Norway will be dry with sunshine and cold. Staying cold in the Baltic States with sunny spells, Scattered snow showers for Finland. Sleet and some snow in northern Norway and northern Sweden.

Tuesday
Scattered showers in Portugal and northern Spain. Heavier showers in eastern Spain as well as across the Balearics. Showers affecting central and southern Italy too, drier in northern Italy with good spells of sunshine. Showers for Greece, these heavy and thundery at times. Further showers in Turkey.
Some cloud and spots of rain in western France. Central and eastern France will be dry and bright with sunshine. The Low Countries and Germany will be dry and fine. More fair weather in Poland where there will be dry weather too. Hungary and Austria as well as Switzerland will be dry with further spells of sunshine.
Denmark will be dry and bright with more sunshine here. Cloud and patchy rain in the Baltic States. Finland and Norway will be dry with sunny spells throughout. Breezy in western Norway with broken cloud and some sunny spells. Sleet and snow in northern Norway.