Issued: 0530hrs Saturday 22nd April 2023
Duty forecaster: Alexi Venerus

Wet and windy northwest Europe.

Saturday
Outbreaks of rain continue to move eastwards across Spain with sunshine developing behind. Largely dry through Portugal. Cloud building across the Balearics later though it shoud remain dry here. One or two showers developing through southern Italy, otherwise dry. Heavy, thundery showers across Greece with a few affecting Turkey.
Unsettled across France with cloudy skies and outbreaks of rain. Windy too towards the north and northwest. Windy and mixed through the Low Countries. Outbreaks of rain spreading across western Germany. Drier further east here. Dry and fine across eastern Europe.
A dry and fine morning across Denmark before cloud builds from the west later. Rain overnight. Largely dry and fine through the Baltics, Finland and Sweden, though snow showers affecting the far north of Norway. Drier elsewhere here.

Sunday
Dry, fine, warm and sunny throughout much of Spain and Portugal though the far north will see more cloud and some patchy rain. Dry and fine across the Balearics into Corsica and Sardinia. Scattered showers across Italy, though longer spells of rain in the far north. The odd scattered shower or two in Greece otherwise dry here and dry for the Turkish resorts.
Unsettled still across France with outbreaks of rain, in places falling heavy. Windy too. Heavy rain moving in across the Low Countries and western regions of Germany, otherwise the rest of Germany looks to be dry. Heavy rain through Switzerland nto the far west of Austria. Elsewhere in Austria will be dry though likely cloudy. Largely dry across Poland.
Dry for Denmark though with cloud about. Dry also across the Baltics though some rain expected towards the evening. Spells of rain moving up through Norway and Sweden though the far north here should be dry. Some rain through southern Finland.