Issued: 0530hrs Wednesday 4th March 2026
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Heavy thunderstorms in Spain and Portugal, better conditions central and eastern Europe

Wednesday
Heavy showers and thunder across much of Spain and Portugal. Probably drier in the northeast of Spain. Scattered showers in the Balearics. Corsica and Sardinia will be dry with sunny spells. Scattered showers in southern Italy otherwise dry. Greece and Turkey will be dry and fair with sunny spells.
Mild in France although breezy. Dry with sunny spells. Bright in the Low Countries and Germany, sunny spells. Poland will be fair with sunny spells. Showers in the west of Hungary, dry in the east, Scattered showers in the far east of Austria whilst being fair in the west and across Switzerland.
Fine in Denmark with good spells of sunshine. Windy in the Baltic States and dry with broken cloud too. Outbreaks of sleet and some snow and wind in Finland. Fair for Sweden, bright spells. Cloud and rain or sleet in northern Norway. Broken cloud in southern Norway.

Thursday
Thundery showers continues through Spain on Thursday, some of these torrential with flooding possible. Probably drier and brighter in Portugal. Further heavy showers for the Balearics and these affecting Corsica and Sardinia too. Italy may again have a few showers in the south but will be mostly dry. Greece will have sunny spells and should be dry, as will be Turkey.
Rain over the far southwest of France and the far northwest too. Fair for other areas with sunny spells. The Low Countries and Germany will be dry with sunny spells and should be dry. Staying dry in Poland with more sunny periods. Hungary is going to be dry as well with sunny spells and this extends through Austria and Hungary.
Denmark is going to be dry with sunny spells. The Baltic States will be dry with some sunny intervals and it will be dry in Finland too. Sweden will be dry, more spells of sunshine here. Cloud and some rain in western and northern Norway, dry in the east and south.