Issued: 0530hrs Wednesday 26th March 2025
Duty forecaster: Dan Graves

Unsettled weather in the southeast and becoming unsettled in the north. Between the two, much of the west and central continent will be mostly dry with sun.

Wednesday
Dry and mostly sunny in Iberia, feeling warm in the south and Portugal. Some showers in the Balearics will gradually fade, shower more persistent and heavy in Sardinia and Corsica, sun spells between showers. Heavy, thundery rain for much of southern Italy and Sicily, scattered showers with intermittent sun north. Heavy rain along the Balkan coast as well, slipping inland. Hungary and northern Romania should stay clear of this rain. Some spots of rain in and around Greece and mostly cloudy. Warm here and in west Türkiye.
Light showers gradually clear in France for increasing sun. Cloudy with snow and rain across the Alpine Countries and southern Germany. Dry with increasing sun for north Germany and the Low Countries. Some rain into Poland and Czechia through the day. Southeast Poland and Slovakia largely dry with sun spells and calm winds. Mostly dry Ukraine with sun spells.
Denmark and southern Sweden will be mostly dry though often cloudy. Cloudy in Norway with frequent rain into the west coast, windy in central areas. Scattered rain across the Baltic States, slowly pushing east. Dry in Finland with alternating cloud and sun.

Thursday
Fine and sunny in Iberia, some cloud and showers forming for a time in the afternoon. Similar conditions on the central Mediterranean Islands, perhaps a few more showers Sardinia and Corsica, becoming breezy here. Clear and warm north Italy, heavy rains persist in the south. Slow moving heavy showers across the Balkan States and west Greece. Dry and warm west Türkiye.
Scattered cloud in France slowly clears, sunny further north. Mild and mostly sunny for the Low Counties and Germany. A breeze along the north coast. Cloud and scattered drizzle over the Alps gradually breaking, similar in Czechia and Poland. Remaining cloudy with rain here and there in Hungary and Romania, more cloud further east.
Strong southwesterly winds and rain into British Isles. Widely windy across Scandinavia. Frequent rain onto Norway's west coast. Mostly dry but cloudy Denmark and Sweden, some rain into Finland. A mix of cloud and sun for the Baltic States, mostly dry here.