Issued: 0530hrs Tuesday 9th March 2021
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Heavy showers in Italy, mostly fair through central Europe

Tuesday
Early showers clear from southeastern Spain and the Balearic Islands to leave a dry and fine day here and for Portugal. A band of heavy rain sinks south over Corsica, Sardinia and central and southern Italy. Dry and bright to the north of this. Showers tend to fade over Greece leaving a dry and bright day here. Dry and bright for much of Turkey too though showers may affect southern areas at times.
Dry and fine for France though some patchy rain affects the far northeast at times. Patchy rain tends to clear from the Low Countries and northern Germany to leave a dry and fair day here too. Some showers for the Alps but otherwise dry and fair for Switzerland and Austria. Dry and fair too for Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary.
Dry and bright for Denmark and southern parts of Norway and Sweden. Cloudier further north though patchy rain and sleet over central areas tends to fade through the day. Some patchy sleet and snow for southern Finland and Estonia. Staying dry but rather cloudy for northern Finland, Latvia and Lithuania.

Wednesday
Fairweather across Spain and Portugal on Wednesday, plenty of sunshine and dry too. It stays sunny through the central Mediterranean and will be fair for most of Italy. A few showers affecting the far south of Italy. Greece will have showers in the west but should be fine in the east. Turkey will be largely dry with plenty of sunshine, although some sleet and rain affects the north.
Windy and wet in the northern half of France, with heavy showers arriving in the north-west later. Southern areas of France should be dry with plenty of sunshine. Windy and wet across the Netherlands, this rain reaching the western half of Germany later on. The eastern half of Germany and Poland should be dry with sunny spells, and it should remain dry and bright through Hungary, Austria and Switzerland.
windy in Denmark with some drizzle and patchy rain in the afternoon. Much of Sweden should be dry with sunny spells. Some snow flurries in the Baltic states, while Finland stays dry and cold. Gale force wins over much of Norway with heavy rain in the south.