Issued: 0530hrs Thursday 26th February 2026
Duty forecaster: Dan Graves

High pressure over the Mediterranean brings extensive sunshine across most of the continent.

Thursday
Fine with lots of sunshine across Portugal and Spain. The Balearics will be sunny and fine too as well as warm. Corsica and Sardinia stays sunny and dry. More sunshine to come through Italy, some early low cloud. A few showers in southwestern areas of Greece, otherwise a bounty of sunshine for the Balkans. Türkiye will have some heavy showers in central and eastern areas as well as being cool.
Fair for France with more sunshine through the day and mild temperatures, some cloud in the northwest. Breezy for the Low Countries with sunny spells. Similar in Germany and Poland as well as being mild. Extensive sunshine across the Alps and into eastern Europe, some early cloud in Romania and Bulgaria but this clearing.
Wind with some early rain in Denmark. Windy too in the Baltic States, sunny in Lithuania, cloudier to the north with some snow in Estonia. Heavy rain, snow and gales in Finland. Sweden becomes brighter with showers. Further showers and strong winds in Norway, heavier rain in the south.

Friday
More sunshine in Iberia, some cloud forming with time and some rain in the northwest. Staying dry with sunshine across the central Mediterranean into Italy, some patchy low cloud near coasts. Extensive sunshine in the Balkan States. Some patchy cloud in Greece with light rain in the far southwest. Dry and sunny in west Türkiye, cloudier to the east with snow and rain towards the Black Sea.
A band of rain sweeps into northwest France and the Low Countries, later reaching west Germany. Some showers follow in west France. The rest of the continent to the south and east stays dry with extensive sunshine. Temperatures remain mild from France into Germany and west Poland and Czechia. Some cloud in Poland later.
More rain and wind in Denmark. Rain pushes into Sweden and Norway as well, mostly as snow in west Norway. Some patchy rain in the northern Baltics which pushes into Finland. Some early snow in northern Scandinavia, becoming mostly dry with only patchy snow.