Issued: 0530hrs Wednesday 23rd April 2024
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Rain and thunderstorms in central Europe and extending to Greece and Turkey

Thursday
Fair with plenty of sunshine in Spain and Portugal. Fine in the Balearics with more sunshine. Some showers in Corsica and Sardinia. Heavy and persistent showers and rain over Italy. Heavy thundery showers too for much of Greece. Further thunderstorms in western areas of Turkey but dry in the east.
Sunshine and more scattered showers in France. Heavy showers developing in the Low Countries, western and southern Germany, Drier in northern Germany. Fine for northern Poland but rain and showers in the south. Hungary will be thundery as will be Austria. Further showers for Switzerland although these are lighter.
Denmark is dry and bright with sunny spells. The Baltic States will be breezy with bright spells. Finland is going to be dry with sunshine too. A few showers in central Sweden but dry in most areas. Scattered wintry showers in northern Norway, fair in the south.

Friday
Periods of rain in central and northern Spain. A few showers in Portugal. The Balearics are going to be dry with sunny spells. Heavy showers in central and northern Italy, drier in the far south. Greece will have further thunderstorms with more thunderstorms in southern areas of Turkey.
Fair in France with sunny spells. The Low Countries and most of Germany wil be dry with good spells of sunshine. Fine too in northern Poland. Cloud and rain in the south. Heavy periods of rain in Hungary ans Austria. A few showers ine astern Switzerland but fair in the west.
Denmark will be dry with sunny spells. Fair in the Baltic States with sunshine. Finland is going to be staying dry too with further periods of sunshine. Sweden and Norway will be fair and dry with some more sunshine, a few showers in the north.