Issued: 0530hrs Saturday 28th April 2018
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Heavy rain in western Europe, fair and hot to the east


Saturday
Rain for northwest Portugal and northwest Spain on Saturday. A few thunderstorms in eastern Spain. Fair elsewhere in Iberia. Corsica and Sardinia will be dry with sunny spells and this sunshine continues in Italy. Greece should be dry too with some sunny spells here, and it will be staying fine and warm in Turkey.
Warm temperatures and broken cloud for the south of France, brighter to the north although rain in the west later. Wind an rain in the Low Countries with sunny spells and dry weather in Germany. Some cloud and showery rain affecting mPoland. Hungary and Austria will have some sunny spells and dry weather.
Showers for Denmark, some of them heavy. Cloud and rain in southern parts of Sweden. The Baltic States will have some sunshine and it should stay fair the Finland. Central and northern Sweden will be dry. Sunny spells and dry in southern Norway but cloud and some showers to the north.

Sunday
Rain in northern and western Spain on Sunday with some heavy showers in Portugal. Sunny spells and a few showers in eastern and southern Spain too. Scattered showers in the Balearics too. Sunny spells and showers for Italy. Greece and Turkey will have sunny spells and further showers, again some of them heavy.
Heavy rain in western and northern France. Further cloud and rain in the Low Countries and northern Germany. Some heavy showers and thunderstorms in Germany. Warm and dry for Poland with heavy showers across Hungary, Austria and Switzerland.
Warm and dry in Denmark. The Baltic States will be dry with sunny spells. A few showers in Finland. Dry and bright in Sweden with plenty of sunshine. A few showers in western Norway.