Issued: 0530hrs Monday 13th May 2024
Duty forecaster: Garry Nicholson

Heavy rain moves into France and Alps

Monday
Cloud and rain to northern Portugal and northwest Spain. Clear skies and good spells of sunshine to the south. Fair weather across the Balearics and Sardinia, with one or two light showers in Corsica. Some heavy showers in central Italy with the risk of thunderstorms, but fair in the south. Greece and Turkey will have a few showers developing during the day, some heavy bursts mixed in.
Heavy rain in western France, and showers in the east. Rain and showers in western and southern regions of Germany. Staying dry and pleasant in Poland, with plenty of sunshine. Fair for Hungary, and some heavy and thundery showers in Switzerland and Austria.
Showers across the Low Countries. Breezy and fair in Denmark and in the Baltic States. Dry, with plenty of sunshine across Finland and Sweden . Some rain in northern Norway, but otherwise staying dry and pleasant, with a breeze in the south.

Tuesday
Showery rain and rather cool in northwestern Spain and Portugal, drier for southern Spain and the Algarve. Heavy rain moving slowly eastwards across France followed by heavy showers in the west. Local thundery bursts for northern Italy and the Balkans. The Greek islands and western Turkey plus Cyprus mostly dry.
Rain pushes into the Low countries and the far west of Germany later but much of Germany stays dry and warm. Heavy rain develops for Switzerland, but Austria is dry much of the day. Eastern Europe is largely dry and warm. Quite breezy for Poland. Risk of thundery showers later in Romania.
Warm southerly air wafts across Scandinavia, plenty of dry weather here. Local thundery showers forming in Finland.