Issued: 0530hrs Saturday 13th March 2021
Duty forecaster: Claire Darbinyan

High pressure brings dry and settled conditions to the western Med

Saturday
Some patchy rain to the far northwest and north of Spain but otherwise a dry and fine day for Iberia. Dry and fine conditions extend to the Balearic Islands, Corisica, Sardinia and much of Italy too as early rain clears to the south here. Some patchy cloud for Greece and isolated showers to the northwest here. A dry and bright day for Turkey.
Wet and windy conditions extend through France, the Low Countries, Germany, Switzerland, the Czech Republic and western Poland on Saturday. Rain clears from the northwest later though showers follow here. Early rain clears eastern Poland to leave a fine day here. Staying dry and fine ahead of the rain for much of Austria, Slovakia and Hungary.
Wet and windy conditions extend into Denmark and southern Sweden too. Patchy rain and sleet for the Baltic States and southern Finland. Dry but cloudy further north and for central and northern Sweden. Some patchy rain for far southern and far northern parts of Norway. Otherwise a dry and fine day here.

Sunday
Patchy rain fades over northern Spain to leave a dry and bright day here and for Portugal too. Early showers fade from the Balearic Islands to leave a sunny afternoon. Outbreaks of rain, sleet and snow spread south over Italy as an area of low pressure develops over the Adriatic Sea. This also brings some heavy rain to the Balkans. Rather cloudy for Greece and Turkey with locally heavy outbreaks of rain developing over southern areas.
Breezy for France, the Low Countries and Germany with blustery showers spreading in from the northwest through the day. Staying drier further southeast. Showers also spread into western parts of Poland. Some snowfall is expected over the Alps while patchy outbreaks of rain affect Slovakia and Hungary.
Continuing breezy with patchy rain for Denmark while low pressure moves over the Baltic States bringing breezy conditions and outbreaks of rain and sleet here. A band of sleet and snow spreads north over southern Finland while its a dry day for much of Sweden and Norway away from the coasts.