Issued: 0530hrs Wednesday 17th March 2021
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Cold over much of Europe, heavy showers in the east

Wednesday
Fine across most of Spain and Portugal on Wednesday. There will be some showers affecting Majorca and Ibiza, and the showers troubling Corsica and Sardinia too. Heavy showers across central and southern parts of Italy as well as Greece. Much of Italy and Greece feeling cold. Fair in the far west of Turkey but heavy showers, rain and sleet in the east.
A fair day in France with plenty of sunshine, especially in the west. Cold but bright in the Netherlands. Germany will have rain and sleet across much of the country and this will be also over western Poland. Eastern Poland should be fair. Hungry will be dry with sunny spells but sleet affects northern Austria. Switzerland will be mostly fair.
Cold for Denmark with some sunny spells. Fair and cold for most of Sweden as well as the Baltic states. Finland stays cold and dry. Some snow showers in western Norway but many parts will be dry with sunny spells.

Thursday
Some heavy showers in eastern parts of Spain. Fair in western Spain and breezy. Portugal will be fine too with more sunshine to come here. Showers for Corsica and Sardinia, some of them heavy. Fair in Greece with sunshine here. Heavy showers in western Turkey, fair in central and eastern areas.
France will be dry with sunny spells, a few showers in northern and eastern areas. Further heavy showers across northern and central Germany and feeling cold here. Cold in Poland with heavy showers in the west. Hungary will be bright and cold. Austria and Switzerland will have further showers and some sunny spells.
A cold day in Denmark with sunny spells. Fair and cold through the Baltic States. Staying cold across Finland with more sunshine to come here. Staying sunny and dry in Sweden. A scattering of showers over Norway.