Europe Forecast - March 31, 2017
Showery rain in west
Fine to the east

Issued: 0530hrs Friday 31st March 2017
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling


Showery rain to the west, dry and bright in the east


Friday
Rain in northwest Spain on Friday. The rest of Spain and Portugal will be dry with sunny spells. Plenty of sunshine affecting the Balearics and Italy and feeling warm here as well. Fair for southern Greece but some showers in the north. Heavy showers and thunderstorms affecting Turkey.
Rain and wind in western France but fair and sunny to the east. Lots of sunshine in the Low Countries and Germany as well as Poland. More sunshine to come through Austria, Hungary and Switzerland.
Fair and mild in Denmark once morning cloud clears. Rain affects the south of Norway and central Sweden. Rain afecting the Baltic States with some showers for Finland. Fair across central and northern parts of Norway.


Saturday
Dry with good spells of sunshine across Portugal and Spain today. A risk of some showers in the northeast. Heavy showers in Balearics or perhaps some longer spells of rain here. Italy will be mostly dry, although an odd shower is possible. Heavy showers in southern parts of Turkey but dry to the north.
Rain and showers affecting France and the Low Countries. Germany will have some rain and showers to the west too. More eastern areas will be dry with sunny spells. Remaining dry and sunny for Poland. Hungary is going to be dry with sunny spells. Showers affecting Austria and Switzerland.
Denmark will have some spells of rain. The Baltic States should be mostly dry with sunny spells. Finland is likely to be dry too with further spells of sunshine here. Cloud and outbreaks of rain affecting Sweden and central Norway, although southern Norway should be mostly bright and dry.