Issued: 0530hrs Sunday 26th February 2023
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Wet central Mediterranean, fair in northern and western Europe

Sunday
Largely dry and generally fine throughout Spain and Portugal today, though breezy in the east where heavy showers will affect the Balearics. The unsettled weather continues across much of Italy where there will be heavy showers and longer spells of rain as well as blustery winds. Heavy rain also affecting west Greece. Largely dry further east here and across Turkey.
Windy across France today and particularly so further east and southeast where there will be some blustery, heavy showers about, merging into longer spells of rain. Dry elsewhere here. Breezy though dry across the Low Countries into northern Germany, though southern areas windier with more cloud and the risk of some showers. Windy across central and eastern Europe with showers pushing through. Heavy rain still affecting the Balkan States.
A dry and mostly fine day albeit cool across Denmark. Largely dry and fine throughout Sweden and Finland. Rain, sleet and snow reaching western areas of Norway though further south and east should be dry. Winds easing across the Baltic States.

Monday
Breezy in eastern Spain today. Lots of sunshine for all, lighter winds in the west and south. Rain in the Balearics and through Corsica and Sardinia. Further rain and showers across much of central and southern Italy, but fair in the north. Greece should be dry and sunny. Staying fair in Turkey, lots of sunshine and dry.
Rain and strong winds in southern France. Staying windy in the rest of France but dry. Dry with some good sunny spells in the Low Countries and Germany as well as Germany. Broken cloud and a few spots of rain in Hungary and Austria. Switzerland will be dry with sunshine here too.
Fair and dry with sunshine in Denmark. Fine too for the Baltic States. Windy in Finland and dry with broken cloud. Sweden will be dry and sunny. Fair for southern Norway but windier in the north with some sleet and snow.