Issued: 0530hrs Monday 2nd March 2026
Duty forecaster: Garry Nicholson

Generally mild

Monday
Areas of showery rain over central and southern Spain whilst the east and north should be drier and brighter. Rain for Portugal, becoming heavier from the west. The Balearics stay dry with plenty of sunshine here. More sunshine to come in Corsica and Sardinia plus southern Italy, although showers for central and northern Italy. Greece and Turkiye will have plenty of sunshine and stay dry too.
France remains warm and dry with good spells of sunshine, local showers in the south. Fair for the Low Countries and Germany as well as Poland. Hungary stays dry and sunny whilst Austria is dry and bright. Showers affecting Switzerland, mostly over the southern Alps, some of them heavy.
Mild for Denmark and fair with sunshine. The Baltic States will be bright and breezy with brief showers, sunshine here too. Sunshine for Finland although cold here. Sweden is largely dry, whilst Norway sees rain and sleet in the south and west, gales on coasts.

Tuesday
Heavy rain toward the far south of Portugal and southwest of Spain as low pressure to the south circulates slowly, possibly just grazing the coasts. Easterly winds brings some rain into eastern Spain, but drier elsewhere for Iberia. Some showery rain in east-facing areas of southern France, Corsica and Sardinia, breezy here too. Mostly dry for the Balearics. Some showers for central Italy, dry and warm to the south. Plenty of sunshine for Greece and Turkiye.
High pressure over central-northern Europe brings plenty of dry weather through France, Germany and Poland. The Alps through to eastern Europe also largely dry, chance of a rare shower.
Windy for Scandinavia with rain and showers toward the north and west, snow showers for northern Norway, gales too. Becoming milder for Finland with some snow becoming sleet or rain from the west. Dry for Denmark and the Baltic states.