Issued: 0530hrs Monday 17th May 2021
Duty forecaster: Alexi Venerus

An unsettled north Europe, while a band of rain pushes northwards through Scandinavia.

Monday
Largely dry and fine for Spain and Portugal to start the new week. Staying dry and sunny across the Balearic Islands and the rest of the Mediterranean although a few scattered showers could affect central parts of Italy.
Staying unsettled across much of France once again although it does look to improve across the far south of France. Wet with heavy showers or longer spells of rain again across the Low Countries, Germany as well as Switzerland and Austria. Showers for the Czech Republic and heavy showers down the Balkans. Starting largely dry across Poland but rain pushing in later.
More rain pushing in across central and southern Sweden. Showers across south Norway but largely dry elsewhere here. Rain spreading up into southern Finland but it should stay largely dry across central and northern areas. Showers towards the southern Baltic region but longer spells of rain pushing across more northern areas. Showers across Denmark, these becoming confined to eastern areas.

Tuesday
A few showers possible across the far north of Spain on Tuesday but dry elsewhere and across Portugal. The Mediterranean looks to remain largely dry and fine with sunshine through Tuesday, although cloud could thicken across central Italy with the risk of showers pushing down from the north.
Showers and or longer spells of rain across northern and central France, drier further south. Staying unsettled across the Low Countries, Germany and Poland. Showers, heavy at times and possibly thundery across Switzerland and Austria. Showery across Slovakia but mostly dry for Croatia.
Southern areas of Norway and Sweden will see showers but largely dry elsewhere. Rain clearing the far north of Finland but more rian pushing up from the Baltic States, turning heavy across southern Finland later. Sunny spells and showers for Denmark.