Issued: 0530hrs Tuesday 17th March 2026
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Fine and warm western Europe, rain in Italy and heavy thunderstorms for Turkey and the eastern Mediterranean

Tuesday
Fine weather across Spain and Portugal, though some rain may reach the far southwest later. Dry through the Balearics, Corsica and Sardinia with sunshine. Dry also in northern and central Italy. Heavy rain in southern Italy and into the southern Balkan states, also mainland Greece. Thundery bursts around Sicily and around Malta. Some showery rain for Crete, but drier across the Aegean into Türkiye, but one or two showers in southern areas. Dry and sunny for Cyprus.
France will be extensively dry with pleasantly warm sunshine, fine weather also extending into the Low Countries and much of Germany and Switzerland. Showery rain affects Austria and southeastern Germany into Czechia, Slovakia and Hungary. Some rain in western Romania, but largely dry eastward toward the Black Sea.
Patchy rain in southern Poland, drier to the north and around the Baltic Sea. Mild southwesterly air wafts across Scandinavia - windy and wet in the west of Norway, preceded by some snow, but drier for much of Denmark, Sweden and Finland.

Wednesday
Heavy rain and strong winds in Portugal. A few showers in western Spain, drier in the east. Scattered showers for the Balearics. Heavier showers in Corsica and Sardinia. Rain in much of central and southern Italy. Showers in eastern Greece, dry in the west. Heavy thunderstorms in Turkey, Crete and Cyprus.
Windy in France and the Low Countries as well as Germany. Dry with sunny spells. Dry in Poland with bright or sunny spells. Windy in Hungary and Austria, showers in the west. Further showers and rain across eastern areas of Switzerland. Some showers or outbreaks of rain in the far south of France.
Dry and fair in Denmark with sunny spells. The Baltic States will have some bright or sunny spells. Windy in Finland and dry with some bright or sunny spells. Sweden will be fair and dry, windy in the north and cloudier too. Brighter southern Norway, but rain in the west. Snow in central and northern areas of Norway with severe gales here too.