Issued: 0530hrs Monday 31st March 2025
Duty forecaster: Garry Nicholson

Increasingly windy through the Alps and France

Monday
A warm, sunny day for Iberia and the Balearics. An odd afternoon shower for Sardinia and Corsica. Sunny with showers for Italy, rain more widespread with heavy spells south. Heavy showers for Greece, Albania, North Macedonia, and Bulgaria. Heavy showers extend into the Aegean and west Türkiye with a risk of gales here.
A sunny and settled day for France and the Low Countries. Cool with showers and occasional sun in eastern Germany, Poland and southward. Mostly dry for western Germany. Showers with snow across the Alps in Switzerland and Austria. Showers more scattered Ukraine and Belarus.
A mostly sunny day for Denmark and southern Sweden. Cloudier though dry southern Norway, some showers and snow north. Patchy rain for Finland and the Baltic States, a few glimpses of sun here and there as well.

Tuesday
Much of Spain and Portugal will be dry and warm, but a risk of heavy showers developing in southwestern Iberia. Fine for the Balearics and the north of Italy, but the central and eastern Mediterranean is unsettled. Heavy and thundery showers for the spine of Italy, into Sicily and Greece. Prolonged heavy rain for southwest Türkiye. Showers too into Romania, Bulgaria and the northern Balkans.
High pressure centred over southern Scandinavia brings settled weather to north-central Europe. Breezy but dry across Franace and Belgium, plenty of sunshine over the Low Countries and into Germany too, lighter winds further north. A few brief showers in Austria, dry but windy for Switzerland. Occasional showers in Poland.
Fine and mild with light winds in Denmark, southern Norway and Sweden. Rain and stronger winds in northern Norway. Cloudy for Finland, a little patchy drizzle in places.