Issued: 0530hrs Monday 11th March 2024
Duty forecaster: Filotas Paschos

High pressure to the southwest. Mixed weather for the rest..

Monday
High pressure over the Iberian Peninsula will give dry weather along with plenty of sunshine for Portugal and Spain, with only a few showers over the northern coastal parts. Best of the sunshine in southeast Spain. Rather cloudy in France with some light patchy rain, but more heavy and persistent over the southwestern parts. A mostly cloudy day for the British Isles with a few showers, rain arriving later over Ireland spreading east. Windy with outbreaks of rain for the Low Countries, heaviest rain over Belgium and Luxembourg. Rain for north Germany but elsewhere dry and bright. Windy with outbreaks of rain for Poland. Cloudy but mostly dry for Norway, Sweden and Denmark, but brighter over Finland, the Baltic States, Belarus. Some light rain for western Ukraine.
A mostly dry and sunny start for Switzerland, but cloud rain and hill snow arriving later. Rather cloudy for Austria and Czechia but mostly dry, only some light rain over the far east. Cloudy with outbreaks of rain for Hungary and Slovakia. Mixed weather for the Balkans with outbreaks of rain, this heavy over Croatia and the western Balkans.
Sunny and dry for the Balearics. Cloudier with outbreaks of rain for Sardinia and Corsica. Italy will see a mixed day with sunny spells but also with outbreaks of rain, mostly over central areas. Rather cloudy for Greece, with a band of rain spreading east, but south remaining mostly dry throughout. Cloudy for Turkey with some rain in west. Dry and bright for Cyprus.

Tuesday
A dry and sunny day for Portugal but cloud will arrive in the evening. Sunny over Spain. A cloudy day for France with some rain in north, brightness in south. Cloudy for the British Isles with rain in north and west. Cloudy with some light rain or drizzle for the Low Countries. Some light rain for western and southern Germany, elsewhere dry. Poland will see cloudy skies with some light rain in the south. Denmark, Norway and Sweden will see a cloudy day but mostly dry. Some snow for the Baltic States, but Finland will stay dry. Outbreaks of rain and snow for Belarus and Ukraine.
Mostly cloudy for Switzerland with outbreaks of rain or sleet, and his snow. Same weather for Austria. Cloudy with some light rain for Czechia. Outbreaks of rain for Hungary and Slovakia as well as Romani. Another mixed day for the Balkans with outbreaks of rain and bright spells.
Sunny for the Balearics. Some early rain for Sardinia and Corsica but then dry and sunny. Outbreaks of rain for Italy and Greece. Cloudy for Turkey with rain in west. Dry and sunny for Cyprus.