Issued: 0530hrs Monday 6th April 2026
Duty forecaster: Dan Graves

Sunshine fairly extensive across central and southern Europe under high pressure.

Monday
Showers developing in Portugal and western Spain on Monday afternoon. Drier and sunnier in eastern areas. A broad area of sunshine across the Mediterranean from the Balearics across Italy and into the Balkan States. Greece is going to be mostly sunny, though a few light afternoon showers in the southwest and on Crete. Afternoon showers in southern Türkiye as well; dry elsewhere with sunshine.
Fine and warm in France, good spells of sunshine here, may become hot in the southwest. Staying fine for the Low Countries and Germany too with more sunshine, a few showers in northeast Germany in the afternoon. Fair in Switzerland, some early rain in Austria but soon clearing for sunshine, fair in Czechia too. Breezy for Poland, a few showers north and east but fair in the south. Some early showers around Slovakia and Hungary, soon clearing for sunshine. Scattered showers in Ukraine and Romania, dry and sunny Bulgaria.
Breezy in Denmark but often sunny, only a few showers. Rain, snow, and strong winds affecting the Baltic States. Heavy showers, snow at times for Finland. Sweden is windy with wintry showers, most in the north, where snow may be more extensive for periods. Snow for central and southwest Norway, though an easing trend as the day goes. Breezy across most of Scandinavia.

Tuesday
Heavy, thundery showers in Portugal and west Spain, drier eastern Spain with sun spells. Sunshine remains widespread across the Mediterranean through Italy, Greece, and Türkiye. A few scattered afternoon showers in southeast Europe, though the showers will be light and most will stay dry.
Fine and warm again in France, hot in the far southwest. Extensive sunshine across the Low Countries, Germany, and the Alpine countries. Some patchy cloud in Czechia, Slovakia, and Hungary, but often sunny here too. More wind in Poland with wintry showers in the east, sunny to the west. The wintry showers affect Belarus and Ukraine. A few showers in northern Romania but otherwise dry, and likely dry in Bulgaria too.
Wind easing with extensive sunshine in Denmark. Sunshine in Norway too, extending into southern Sweden. Northern parts of Sweden and Finland will be cloudier, some snow in the far north. Staying very windy in the Baltic States, frequent showers, lingering well into the day in Latvia and Lithuania.