Issued: 0530hrs Monday 13th March 2023
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Unsettled central and northern Europe, fair for most of Spain and Portugal

Monday
Cloud and patchy rain pushes in across northern Spain and Portugal, though mainly dry with sunny spells elsewhere. The Balearics and much of Italy will also be dry and fine. The odd scattered showers in southern Greece but mostly fine. Rain moving away from the Turkish resorts.
A wet and windy day across France, Germany and Switzerland with at times spells of heavy and persistent rainfall. Windy with showery rain through the Low Countries. Largely dry but with strengthening winds across Austria. Windy across Poland with rain clearing eastwards.
Windy though largely dry across Denmark. Heavy rain, snow on the leading edge, moving into the Baltics with high winds. A mix of rain, sleet and heavy snowfall across southern Sweden and Norway with strong winds here. Largely dry Finland.

Tuesday
Fair for most of Spain and Portugal on Tuesday with plenty of sunshine. Some rain in the far north of Spain. Scattered showers in the Balearics but generally dry and bright. Italy will be unsettled with showers and rain here. Greece should be dry with good spells of sunshine, some showers in southern Turkey.
Rain and showers blowing through France, breezy and cool here too. Windy with some rain for the Low Countries and western parts of Germany. The east of Germany should be dry and bright. Poland will have some showery bursts of rain. Further rain and some hill snow for Austria and Hungary. Unsettled in Switzerland with rain, snow over hills.
Denmark will be windy with rain at times. Chilly in the Baltic States with sunny spells and wintry showers. Some wintry weather to come in Finland. Sweden will have sleet or snow showers. Cold in Norway with wintry showers here and staying breezy.