Issued: 0530hrs Monday 19th February 2024
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Heavy showers in Italy, but mostly fair France and Iberia, more unsettled north

Monday
Fine with good spells of sunshine in Portugal through Monday. Staying fair for the Balearics with sunshine here. Heavy showers developing in central Italy but the north and south will be fair. Some showers for western Greece but dry in the east. Fair for Turkey with sunny spells.
Showery rain in northern France whilst central and southern France will be dry and bright. Heavy showers for the Low Countries and northern Germany, Rain in Poland and Hungary, Some showers affecting Austria and Switzerland.
Sunny spells and a few showers for Denmark. Cloud and rain for the Baltic States. Finland will be brighter with sunny spells. Rain in the south of Sweden but fair to the north. Showers in western Norway with sunny spells, best in the east.

Tuesday
Plenty of sunshine and dry weather through Spain and Portugal today. A few showers could affect Menorca, Corsica and Sardinia. Heavy showers in southern Italy but fair in the north with some sunshine here. Rain for western parts of Greece but fair in the east. Turkey should be bright and dry with god spells of sunshine here.
Morning mist and fog patches clearing quickly from France then the day is fine and dry with good spells of sunshine throughout. Breezy and bright in the Low Countries and northern Germany but more frequent showers affecting Germany. Hungary should be dry with sunny spells and there will be some showers across Austria and Switzerland.
Breezy for Denmark with broken cloud and mostly dry. Cloud and a few showers in the Baltic States. Finland will have cloud and some light sleet or snow. Sweden is mostly dry, some sunny spells in the south. Norway will be wet in the west with rain or sleet, colder in the north with snow showers.