Issued: 0530hrs Tuesday 7th May 2024
Duty forecaster: Garry Nicholson

Downpours move into southeastern Europe

Tuesday
Dry with sunshine for much of Spain and Portugal. Some rain toward the Pyrenees and wet across much of south-central France. Heavy and thundery rain extends through the Alps and northern Italy. Showery too further south over Italy and some showery bursts popping up for Corsica and Sardinia by the afternoon. Most dry for Greece and the eastern Mediterranean.
Showers for northern France and the Low Countries. Some patchy rain for central Germany into Czechia. Heavier rain through Slovakia into Romania. Mostly dry toward the Black Sea.
Dry and bright for much of Poland and the Baltic states. A few showers for Finland and Norway, but mostly dry for Sweden and Denmark.

Wednesday
Fine, sunny and warm for Spain and Portugal. Local showers for the Balearics. Greater risk of thundery downpours for Sicily and southern Italy. Fairly unsettled through the Alps into Hungary and Romania with rain and heavy showers, locally thundery. The Greek Islands and Turkey mostly dry.
Patchy rain for south and eastern France, into western Germany. Meanwhile north and western France and Belgium generally dry. Dry for eastern Germany and Poland plus Czechia.
Some rain moving south through central Sweden and the Baltic states. Drizzly locally for northern Norway. Dry for southwestern Norway and Denmark.