Issued: 0530hrs Wednesday 9th March 2022
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Cold and sunny central and northern Europe, heavy showers in eastern Mediterranean

Wednesday
Cloud and outbreaks of rain afecting Portugal today. Fair for Spain with decent spells of sunshine here. More sunshine through the Balearics and across Italy. Rain and showers for Greece, some of it heavy. Fair for the far west of Turkey, but rain and snow in central and eastern parts of Turkey.
Some rain in northwest France. Fair for the rest of France with plenty of sunshine and dry weather. Remaining fair in the Netherlands with sunshine here. Further spells of sunshine for Germany and Poland, staying dry. Sunshine for Austria and Hungary as well as Switzerland.
A fine day for Denmark with plenty of sunshine here. Staying dry in the Baltic States, more sunny spells. Finland will be dry as well with plenty of sunshine, and it will be staying fair across Sweden. Windy with sunny spells for Norway, although lighter winds in the east.

Thursday
Periods of showery rain in western Portugal and northwest Spain. The rest of Iberia will be sunny and dry as well as warm. The Balearics and Italy will be dry to with more sunshine and warm weather here. Scattered showers in Greece some sunny spells here. Heavy showers, some wintry in Turkey.
Cloud and some showers or patchy rain in western France. Fair in the east with sunny spells and dry here too. The Low Countries and Germany will be dry with plenty of sunshine. Greece will be dry and sunny too. Hungary and Austria as well as Switzerland will be dry with lots of sunshine too.
Sunny and dry for Denmark. The Baltic States will be dry with lots of sunshine and will be cold. Windy through Finland, some broken cloud and being dry. Cold and bright through Sweden as well as dry. Cloud and periods of rain, sleet and snow as well as wind in western Norway.