Issued: 0530hrs Friday 29th March 2019
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Fair for much of central Europe, colder Scandinavia, unsettled Turkey and Greece


Friday
Fair for most of Spain and Portugal on Friday. Lots of sunshine here and staying dry. More sunshine and dry weather to come in Italy. Greece will be fairin the west but windy and chilly in the east. Windy in Turkey with rain east and south, some of it heavy. Drier in the west and north.
Sunny spells and scattered showers in France. Fair for the Low Countries with sunshine. Dry too in Germany with more sunshine here. Fine in Poland and dry with lots of sunshine. Hungary, Austria and Switzerland will be dry, again with plenty of sunshine.
Dry weather and sunny spells in Denmark. Breezy in the Baltic States with lots of sunny spells. Windy in Finland, again with sunny spells here. Fair for most of Sweden but windy. Chilly in Norway with heavy snow showers in the west.

Saturday
Heavy showers in northern Spain on Saturday. There could be showers along southern coasts too. Elsewhere it should be dry with sunny spells. Staying dry across the central Mediterranean with Italy seeing lots of spring sunshine too. Fine for western Greece although some showers and windy in the east. Gales in Turkey where there will be rain, this rain and gales affecting Crete and Cyprus too.
Fair for most of France after morning mist patches clear. Scattered showers in the Low Countries and northern Germany. Fine in southern Germany and Poland as well as Hungary, Austria and Switzerland.
Chilly with some showers in Denmark. Breezy and fair for the Baltic States. Showers some heavy in Finland, a risk of gales here. Showers in the south of Swede.Breezy with frequent wintry showers in Norway.