Issued: 0530hrs Tuesday 9th May 2023
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Rain central Europe, some heavy, showery Mediterranean

Tuesday
Rain in northern Spain on Tuesday. Fair for the rest of Spain and Portugal although rather breezy. The Balearics may have a few showers but should be mostly fair. Scattered showers in Sardinia and Corsica. Scattered showers too in central and southern Italy, some rain in the far north. Heavy showers in Greece and parts of northern Turkey but fair in the south.
heavy periods of rain in France and this rain moving into the Low Countries and Switzerland as well as western parts of Germany. The eastern half of Germany and Poland should be fair but windy. Hungary will be fair too with sunshine here, and fair in Austria.
Windy and damp in Denmark. Fair for the Baltic States with sunshine here. More sunshine in Finland and much of Sweden. Cloudier Norway with rain and strong winds.

Wednesday
A few showers in the far north of Spain today but fair for the rest of Spain and Portugal. Fair too in the Balearics. Unsettled in Italy where it is likely to be raining for most of the day. Some showers in Greece, most in the north. Turkey will have showers too, again most in northern areas.
France has a day of sunshine and showers, some of them heavy. The heavy, thundery showers also affecting the Low Countries. Rain in much of central and western Germany although fair in the east. Poland stays windy but dry. Fair weather for Hungary and the east of Austria, but rain in western Austria and Switzerland.
Denmark will have cloud and some outbreaks of rain. Fine for the Baltic States with plenty of sunshine. The sunshine extends into Finland too. Breezy for Sweden with some sunny spells. Cloud, wind and rain in Norway, although brighter in the north.