Issued: 0530hrs Saturday 14th March 2026
Duty forecaster: Dan Graves

Unsettled in the central Mediterranean and in the far northwest of Europe, elsewhere more settled with sun.

Saturday
Windy across Iberia, also often wet, particularly in the north. Heavy rain sweeps into the Balearics and later Sardinia and Corsica. Windy too across the central Mediterranean. Heavy rain affects northern Italy, often bright further south but with afternoon showers developing. Some scattered showers around the upland Balkan States, but otherwise often sunny here. Sunny too in Greece and western Türkiye. Cyprus and eastern Türkiye will have heavy rain.
Raining in eastern France most of the say, snow in the mountains and the rain may be heavy in the morning. Showers further west and some sunshine too. Extensive snow across Switzerland and western Austria. The Low Countries see sunshine and showers. Rain in central and southern German, more patchy to the north but also mostly cloudy; cooler in Germany. Later, some showery rain reaches western Czechia and Poland, dry and bright east of here. Eastern Europe is milder too, notably Poland and Hungary.
A band of rain affects eastern Denmark and southern Sweden much of the day (which will fall as snow in central parts of southern Sweden). The rain will stretch into western Finland as well. A few showers into south and west coastal Norway, some wintry. Drier in northern Scandinavia with sunny spells. Widely sunny and feeling mild in the Baltic States with a brisk southerly wind.

Sunday
Rain in northern Spain through the morning gradually eases; staying cloudy here, the rest of Iberia turning sunnier. A strong northerly wind continues to blow through the central/west Mediterranean; heavy rain continues to impact Sardinia, Corsica, and Sicily, some may continue to affect the eastern Balearics as well. Heavy rain in northwest Italy again, this clearing for widespread afternoon showers. More sunshine and showers for the Balkan states as well as west Greece. A few odd showers in west Türkiye as well but most areas near the Aegean dry with sunny spells.
Mostly bright in France, some cloud from the northwest with time and patchy rain here late in the day; these same conditions affecting the Low Countries. A notable breeze across the coasts of the English Channel and North Sea. Early snow in Swltzerland and western Austria clears southward for a dry but largely cloudy day. Some rain in eastern Germany, western Czechia, and Poland. The day is bright again for Slovakia, Hungary, and the rest of Europe further east.
Denmark and Sweden will be dry with sunny spells. Showers continue to affect south and west Norway, late in the day merging into a broader area of rain and snow. Northern Norway drier with sunny spells. A band of rain and snow affects Finland much of the day. The Baltic States start dry, but this band of precipitation over Finland will pass east to affect these countries as well.