Issued: 0530hrs Sunday 17th March 2024
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Patchy rain in France, generally fair in the east and south

Sunday
Cloudy for Portugal with some light drizzle over coastal areas. Cloudy for Spain too, with some rain in north. Rather cloudy for France with light and patchy rain in west. A mix of bright/sunny spells and showers over the British Isles. Some heavy rain for the Low Countries. Cloudy over Germany with some rain in north. Cloudy for Poland with some light snow in north. A mostly dry and bright day for Denmark, Norway and Sweden. Some light snow for Finland, and the Baltic States, expect some strong winds too. Light rain or snow for Belarus, and light rain over Ukraine.
Cloudy for Switzerland and Austria with possible light drizzle in places. Bright with sunny spells for Czechia, Hungary and Slovakia. Some rain for Romania. Mostly bright for the Balkans with sunny spells.
Rather cloudy for the Balearics, Sardinia and Corsica, but remaining dry. Good brightness with sunny spells for Italy but cloudier later with some light rain in South. A rather cloudy day for Greece with heavy and thundery showers in the afternoon. A few showers for Turkey mostly in south and east. Rather cloudy over Cyprus but mostly dry.

Monday
Showers in northern Spain on Monday. Fair for Portugal with good spells of sunshine. More sunshine to some across the Balearics. Rain in central Italy, fair in the far south. Greece and Turkey should be fair with good spells of sunshine.
France will be fair and sunny. The Low Countries turning brighter after a damp start. Sunshine to come across much of Germany and Poland. Hungary will be fair with sunshine here. Austria and Switzerland will be cloudy with outbreaks of rain.
Denmark will be dry and sunny throughout. More sunshine to come in the Baltic States. Fair too for Finland with sunshine here and staying chilly. More fair weather in Sweden and much of Norway although some rain in the far west of Norway with snow in the far north.