Issued: 0530hrs Thursday 21st April 2022
Duty forecaster: Alexi Venerus

Heavy rain west and east Europe.

Thursday
Rain and showers affecting western Spain and Portugal on Thursday. Fair in central and eastern Spain with sunny spells here. Rain should clear the Balearics, although a wet day through Corsica, Sardinia and much of central and northern Italy. The far south of Italy should be fair with sunny spells here. More sunshine to come across Greece and Turkey as well as feeling warm.
Rain and cloud in the south of France, but fair in the north. A windy day through the Low Countries with broken cloud. Breezy in central and northern Germany with a fair amount of cloud here. Poland should be dry and bright. Hungary will be dry with some sunny spells. Austria and Switzerland are going to be seeing some showery bursts of rain, some becoming heavy and thundery.
Cloudy with a few spots of rain in Denmark as well as being breezy. More dry weather for the Baltic States, breezy here. Finland will be dry and bright with sunny spells. fair for most of Norway and Sweden with some sunny spells. Showers affecting the far north of Norway.

Friday
A trough sits over the western part of Europe bringing outbreaks of heavy rain to southern and central France as well as western and central areas of Spain including Portugal. A gusty wind also for southern regions of Spain and Portugal. Mostly dry with sunny spells for the Balearics. Sunshine and showers for Italy and the Balkans, a few heavier showers across southern areas here. Dry and fine for Greece and Turkey.
Northern parts of France as well as the Low Countries and much of Germany remain dry but rather cloudy and breezy, windy towards coasts. Some rain for southern parts of Poland but dry and fine further north. Thundery showers likely across Switzerland and Austria.
A breezy but generally fine day through Denmark, the odd shower possible. Largely dry and fine across much of Scandinavia, though likely to see more scattered showers across northern regions of Norway and Finland. Dry with sunny spells for the Baltics.