Issued: 0530hrs Wednesday 15th April 2026
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Heavy showers central Mediterranean, better for central and northern Europe

Wednesday
Fair for Portugal and Spain with plenty of sunshine. The Balearics will be dry too with more sunshine here. Showers in Corsica and Sardinia as well as central and southern Italy where they will be heavy. Further showers in western Greece but fair in the east. Turkey will be dry with good spells of sunshine too.
Some rain in the far north of France but dry and sunny central and southern areas. The Low Countries stay dry until evening then some patchy rain. Germany and Poland will be dry with more sunshine here. Scattered showers ine astern Hungary but fair for Austria and Switzerland.
Denmark will be dry with plenty of sunshine. Some showers for the south of Sweden and in the Baltic States. Finland will have some sleet in the east but fair in the west. Norway should be dry overall with sunshine but wintry showers in the far north.

Thursday
More sunshine in Portugal and Spain. Fair in the Balearics as well as staying mostly fair for Corsica and Sardinia. Sunshine and dry weather too in Italy. Greece and Turkey will have more raon and should be dry.
Sunny spells for much of France but some showers developing in the north. Scattered showers in the Low Countries. Rain in central Germany, most of it light. A few showers in the far north of Poland, dry for most. Hungary wil have isolated showers. Austria and Switzerland having scattered showers and some sunny spells.
Cloud and some patchy rain for the far southwest of Norway and Denmark. Scattered showers in the Baltic States but fair for Finland. Mostly fair for Sweden although some showers in the east. Much of the rets of Norway will be dry with sunny spells.