Issued: 0530hrs Friday 14th April 2022
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Fine Mediterranean but some showers in eastern Europe

Good Friday
Fair for Spain and Portugal on Friday, lots of sunshine and warm too. It stays fine through the Balearics as well as Italy. Windy in Sicily with a risk of gales in the south. Greece should be fine with plenty of sunshine, and it is likely to be staying sunny in Turkey too.
A few showers in the west of France, although central and southern areas should be dry with sunny spells. More sunshine to come in the Low Countries. A few showers in eastern Germany but largely fair. Poland will have cloud and outbreaks of rain. Hungary is mostly dry, although some rain in the far west. Austria and Switzerland also see some rain.
Fair for Denmark and rather chilly. Some cloud and outbreaks of rain in the Baltic States. Breezy and chilly for Finland with a few showers here. Fair for Norway and Sweden with good spells of sunshine.

Saturday
Lots of sunshine across Spain and Portugal. Fine to across the Balearics as well as Corsica and Sardinia. Italy should be dry and sunny too overall but some thundery showers develop in central and northern areas. Greece and Turkey remain sunny and warm as well as being dry.
France will have scattered showers in the northwest. Fine for most other areas of the country with lots of sunshine. High pressure brings fair conditions to the Low Countries and Germany. Sunshine in western Poland but some showers in the east. Scattered showers too for Hungary and Austria as well as Switzerland.
A fair day in Denmark with more sunshine. Breezy and bright for the Baltic States. Fair across Finland with lots of sunshine here. Fine for most of Sweden, although some patchy rain in central areas. Scattered showers affecting the coasts of northern Norway but fair to the south.