Issued: 0530hrs Wednesday 16th March 2022
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Thundery rain in Spain, fair central and eastern Mediterranean

Wednesday
A wet day in Spain and Portugal with heavy periods of rain, some of these thundery. A risk of flooding in places. Northeastern Spain should be a little drier. More rain in the Balearics, especially Ibiza. Fair for Corsica and Sardinia too. Italy is going to be dry with plenty of sunshine throughout. Turkey stays dry with plenty of sunshine here too.
France should be mostly dry and sunny, although there will be a few showers in the far south. The Low Countries and Germany will be cold but dry with sunshine. Some showers oin central and eastern Poland. Cold through Hungary with some showers here. Austria and Switzerland will be cold too with sunny spells.
Denmark will be dry with plenty of sunshine. Cold for the Baltic States, again mostly sunny here. Finland stays cold with lots of sunshine. Sweden sees similar weather with more sunshine throughout. Cloud and some sleet in western Norway but far in the east.

Thursday
Thundery rain across northern, central and eastern Spain on Thursday. Showers in the south. More rain for the Balearics, these heavy at times. Italy will be dry with plenty of sunshine. Greece will have sunshine and should be dry. Snow showers in northern and eastern Turkey, drier in the west.
A cool day in France, plenty of sunshine in central and northern areas. Scattered showers in the south. Cloud and rain in the Low Countries and the far north of Germany. Cold in Poland with plenty of sunshine. Hungary will be fair with lots of sunshine. Austria and Switzerland will be dry with plenty of sunshine too.
Breezy with cloud in Denmark. The Baltic States will be dry with more sunshine. Finland should be dry too with further periods of sunshine. Sweden is ging to be breezy and dry. Cloud and outbreaks of rain and sleet in Norway.