Issued: 0530hrs Wednesday 13th April 2022
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Thundery rain in eastern Spain, fine for most of the rest of the Mediterranean

Wednesday
Eastern Spain seeing thundery and heavy rain, drier further west and across Portugal. The Balearics also rather unsettled though Menorca perhaps missing the bulk of the rain. Remaining dry with sunshine across Italy, Greece and Turkey.
Largely dry and fine across France today though some showers are about. Showers also could affect parts of Switzerland too, more so later in the day. Cloudier skies for a time and some possible patchy rain through north and west Germany. Largely dry and fine through Austria, Poland and through the rest of eastern Europe.
Cloud and rain affecting south Norway and parts of southern Sweden. Drier further north. Dry and mainly fine through Finland and the Baltics. For Denmark, some cloud for a time with the risk of a few spots of rain but soon clearing to a dry and fine day.

Thursday
Some showers around northeastern parts of Spain, but for most the day is going to be fair with lots of sunshine. Portugal stays fine with more sunshine and dry conditions. Broken cloud in the Balearics. Corsica and Sardinia are likely to be dry with sunny spells and will be breezy too. Greece and Turkey will be dry with lots of sunshine here.
Sunny spells and showers for much of western and southern France. Fine in more northern and eastern areas of France. The Low Countries and northern Germany are likely to be fair. Some showery rain in central and southern Germany and much of Poland. Hungary stays fair with sunshine, but some heavy showers in Austria and Switzerland.
Cloud and some showers for Denmark. Further cloud and outbreaks of rain for the Baltic Stae=tes. Further ain in Finland, some of it heavy. Cloud and some rain in the far south of Sweden, but fair in central and northern parts. Dry with good spells of sunshine for Sweden, although some rain in the far north.