Issued: 0530hrs Friday 14th April 2023
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Rain and cool for much of central Europe, fair in the far south

Friday
Cloud and rain affect the far north of Portugal as well as northern regions of Spain, otherwise dry with sunshine here and feeling warm. Dry across the Balearics, Sardinia and much of Sicily. A few showers pushing on to the north and western coasts of Corsica. Showers also affecting central into southern Italy. Cloudier with the risk of one or two showers in Greece. Largely dry and fine for Turkey.
Outbreaks of rain pushing southeastwards across France, heavy for a time. A few showers on to coastal areas of the Low Countries othrwise dry here. East Germany into Austria and Czechia is wet with heavy rain. The rest of Germany is dry with sunny spells. Largely dry though windy across Poland.
Much of Denmark staying dry though eastern areas will see some patchy rain pushing in. Windy and cloudy with outbreaks of rain in places across Norway and Sweden. Windy too across the Baltics yet mostly dry just with a few scattered showers. Dry and fine across Finland.

Saturday
Fair for most of Spain and Portugal on Saturday. Some showers affecting northern coasts and hills. Scattered showers in the Balearics but mostly dry and sunny. More unsettled in Italy with strong winds and rain, some of it heavy. Greece will be dry with sunny spels. Turkey stays dry too with more sunshine here.
Cool for France with some showers in the east, dry and bright west. Rain through Germany with showers and rain in Poland and feeling cold here too. More cloud and rain for Austria and Hungary as well as Switzerland.
A breezy and cool day in Denmark, sunny spells. Windy in the Baltic States with broken cloud. Finland should be dry with sunshine here. Breezy in southern Sweden, dry with sunny spells but lighter winds to the north. There may be some cloud and a few showers in southern Norway but generally it will be dry with sunny spells.