Issued: 0530hrs Thursday 30th March 2023
Duty forecaster: Alexi Venerus

High winds and bursts of heavy rain moving into northern Europe on Friday.

Thursday
Strong winds and some rain in the far northwest of Spain. Fair for most of the rest of the Balearics. Fair too in central parts of the Mediterranean with lots of sunshine across Italy and into Greece and Turkey.
Further rain in the north of France but staying fair to the south. More rain and cloud across Germany and into Poland. This rain extends through Austria, Hungary and into Switzerland.
Further rain in Denmark and rather cloudy here. The rain arrives in the Baltic States in the evening. Dry for Finland with sunny spells. Fair too in central and northern Sweden. Cloud and some rain in the far south of Norway, snow in the far north.

Friday
Blustery winds across northern Spain and the far north of Portugal with more cloud and showers. Dry and fine elsewhere as well as across the Balearics. Cloudier skies across northern Italy with some rain, dry elsewhere with sunshine. The odd shower affecting the Greek islands but mostly dry with sunshine. Dry and fine for the Turkish resorts though the odd shower is possible later.
Wet and windy across France though it should dry up for many and brighten up later. Very windy across the Low Countries where there will also be some heavy bursts of rain. Showery rain affecting much of Germany. Heavy rain across the Alpine area, falling as snow towards the higher slopes. A band of heavy rain clearing western areas across Poland.
Showery rain affecting particularly southern regions of Denmark wuth blustery winds. Windy across southern regions of Norway and Sweden though it should stay dry here. Any showery rain earlier on across the Baltics will clear. Largely dry through Finland too.