Issued: 0530hrs Wednesday 8th April 2020
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Showery Spain, fair in much of central Europe


Wednesday
Showers, some heavy in northwest Spain and Portugal. Eastern and southern Spain dry with sunny spells. A fair day in Corsica and Sardinia as well as Italy. Lots of sunshine here. More sunshine to come across Greece, some heavy showers in southern Turkey.
Fair for most of France with more sunshine. Scattered showers in the north and west, dry elsewhere. Isolated showers affecting the Low Countries and northern Germany. Much of Poland should be dry with sunny spells. A fair day in Hungary and Austria, but scattered showers in Switzerland.
Fair for Denmark, sunny spells. The Baltic States wil be dry with sunshine, breezy as well. Staying breezy in Finland, sunny spells and mostly dry. Breezy in Sweden but Showers to the north. Heavy showers in Norway, these falling as sleet and snow.

Thursday
Heavy showers or longer spells of rain in central and northern Spain today. drier and brighter to the south. Italy should be dry with good spells of sunshine, and staying dry in Greece as well. Turkey will have some showers in the east and south, but should be dry to the west.
Fair in France with good spells of sunshine. The Low Countries will also have some sunshine as well much of Germany. A front brings some showers into centra Poland, but north and south of the rain band should be dry and bright. Hungary will be dry with sunny spells, whilst a few showers affect Austria and Switzerland.
Fair with sunshine in Denmark. It will be remaining fair in Sweden. More sunshine across Finland although feeling chilly, this cool air extends into the Baltic States. A few snow showers in northern Norway.