Issued: 0530hrs Tuesday 19th April 2022
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Rain western and southern France, showers in the east

Tuesday
Heavy showers and longer spells of rain affecting northern and central areas of Spain on Tuesday. Fair to the south with sunny spells. Scattered showers in the Balearics. Corsica and Sardinia should be dry with sunshine. Fair for Italy with good sunny spells here too. More sunshine to come in Greece. Turkey will have frequent, heavy showers but some sunshine in the west.
Showers for the west of France although plenty of sunshine to the east. The Low Countries and Germany will have lots of sunshine too and should be dry. Central and eastern Poland will be cloudy and damp. More rain in Hungary and Austria whilst Switzerland should be dry.
Denmark is likely to be dry with sunny spells throughout. More sunshine to come in the Baltic States. Finland will be dry with sunshine here. Fair for Sweden with sunshine for all. Staying fair for Norway, again with plenty of sunshine.

Wednesday
Heavy showers or longer spells of rain for northeast, eastern and southern Spain today. The unsettled weather affecting the Balearics too with some heavy spells of rain here. Rain in western and northern Italy but dry to the south. Greece and most of Turkey will be fine with plenty of sunshine and should stay dry too.
More rain across central and southern France, some of it thundery. Dry to the north with sunny spells. Further sunshine in the Low Countries and western Germany. Rain for the east of Germany, this affecting northern Poland too. Southern Poland should be fair with sunny spells. Hungary and Austria will be dry with more sunshine, but some rain in Switzerland.
Fair for Denmark with sunny spells. Windy for the Baltic States, some sunshine here. Staying fair in Finland, more sunshine at times. Sweden and Norway should both be dry with sunny spells.