Issued: 0530hrs Sunday 19th April 2026
Duty forecaster: Garry Nicholson

Wet into Monday central-eastern Europe, dry Scandinavia

Sunday
A dry, warm and sunny day for Portugal, plus central and southern Spain. A few heavy showers for northern Spain. Some showers for eastern and southern France. Sunny for the Balearics, Sardinia and Corsica. Southern Italy is also fine, while scattered afternoon showers are expected for northern Italy, locally thundery. Greece will have a few afternoon showers over land, but dry for the islands. Plenty of showers for eastern Turkiye but drier brighter over the western parts. Showers for Cyprus.
Afternoon showers for the Low Countries. Showers and longer spells of rain for Germany, and then gradually rain extends to western Poland. Showers for Switzerland and Austria , while a longer spell of rain is expected over Czechia, and then later in the day over Hungary and Slovakia. Dry and sunny for Romania, while some afternoon showers for Bulgaria. Dry and sunny for western Balkan countries.
A few showers for Denmark, while some rain and hill snow is possible for southern Norway. Sweden, Finland, the Baltic States, Belarus and Ukraine will see a dry day with sunny spells.

Monday
Fine and warm weather continues for much of Spain and Portugal, risk of local showers in the northeast, mainly around the Pyrenees. An odd shower for Corsica, but largely dry and sunny for the Balearics and Sardinia. Scattered showers for Italy and mainland Greece, some locally heavy later afternoon inland. More frequent showery rain for the Balkan states and into Bulgaria. Dry and sunny for much of Turkiye and Cyprus.
Local showers form in southwest France, but most of the France will be dry with sunny spells. A band of rain will be draped across northern Germany and central-southern Poland, also western Ukraine. Patchy showers for Belgium and the Netherlands and southern Germany. Scattered afternoon showers for Switzerland and Austria, whilst Hungary stays largely dry. Showery rain into Romania.
Strong easterly winds for the southern Baltic. Windy too for Denmark, but early rain clears. High pressure over Scandinavia brings dry weather to Norway, Sweden and Finland.