Issued: 0530hrs Saturday 15th April 2023
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Rain and cool for much of central Europe, fair in the far south

Saturday
Fair for most of Spain and Portugal on Saturday. Some showers affecting northern coasts and hills. Scattered showers in the Balearics but mostly dry and sunny. More unsettled in Italy with strong winds and rain, some of it heavy. Greece will be dry with sunny spels. Turkey stays dry too with more sunshine here.
Cool for France with some showers in the east, dry and bright west. Rain through Germany with showers and rain in Poland and feeling cold here too. More cloud and rain for Austria and Hungary as well as Switzerland.
A breezy and cool day in Denmark, sunny spells. Windy in the Baltic States with broken cloud. Finland should be dry with sunshine here. Breezy in southern Sweden, dry with sunny spells but lighter winds to the north. There may be some cloud and a few showers in southern Norway but generally it will be dry with sunny spells.

Sunday
Staying fine in Spain and Portugal with plenty of sunshine. The Balearics should be dry too with more sunshine. Fair too in Sardinia and Corsica. Rain for central and southern Italy, more isolated showers in northern Italy.Greece will be dry with sunny spells and it should stay fair in Turkey too.
Fair in France with plenty of sunshine. Broken cloud and some sunny spells in the Low Countries and northern Germany, Showery outbreaks of rain in southern Germany with cloud in Poland. Rain for western Austria and a wet day in Austria. Showers in Switzerland.
Fair westher for Denmark with sunny spells, Scattered showers in the Baltic States but fine for Finland. Sweden will be dry with sunny spells, Further spells of sunshine in Norway although some showery rain in northern Norway.