Issued: 0530hrs Thursday 4th May 2023
Duty forecaster: Alexi Venerus

A settled Scandinavia

Thursday
Some patchy rain across the far north of Spain though mostly staying dry here as well as across Portugal. Light winds today. Dry and fine across the Balearics with showers easing back across southern Italy. Unsettled throughout Greece into Turkey with showers and or longer spells of rain.
Outbreaks of rain pushing across west France into Belgium while eastern areas of France stay mostly dry. The Netherlands also should remain dry with some rain moving through later in the evening. Dry and fine throughout Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Other than northeastern areas Poland should be dry with sunny spells.
Dry and fine across Denmark though a south-easterly breeze will pick up here. With high pressure over Norway expect a dry day as well as across much of Sweden though variable cloud. Improving through Finland with patchy rain clearing and sunny spells developing.

Friday
Becoming hazy across northern and western regions of Spain and Portugal though rain is not expected to reach the far northwest of Spain until evening. The odd shower or two developing across southeast Spain and moving in to the Balearics overnight, otherwise dry and fine. Dry with plenty of sun across Italy. Showery through Greece with heavy showers affecting Turkey.
Showery rain affecting parts of France though many areas staying dry with sunny spells. Cloudier with some patchy rain through Belgium and the Netherlands. Outbreaks of rain affecting many regions of Germany. Windy yet dry across Poland. Larely dry across east Europe.
Windy across Denmark with rain pushing in later here. High pressure over Scandinavia will keep conditions dry and fine across much of Norway, Sweden and Finland. Dry with plenty of sunny spells also across the Baltics.