Issued: 0530hrs Saturday 12th September 2026
Duty forecaster: Dan Graves

Low pressure in the north brings a swathe of wind and showery rain across many northern areas, though with dry and bright breaks too.

Saturday
High pressure extends across western Europe bringing and fine and sunny day to France, Spain and Portugal. An odd showers near the east coast of Spain and Balearics not ruled out. Local showers for Corsica whilst Sardinia is mainly dry. Showery rain affects Italy, some heavier and more widespread bursts in the south. Thundery rain for the southern Balkans into mainland Greece, but the Aegean islands and Türkiye stay generally dry.
Scattered showers drift east across the Low Countries and Germany. into Czechia. The Alpine region stays largely dry with sunny spells and rare showers. Dry too for much of Poland, just some showers in far east and west areas. Hungary has a little rain in the east clearing. Showery areas of rain in Ukraine, Romania, and Bulgaria.
Persistent rain moves into southwest Norway on strengthening winds, passing east and pushing into Denmark and southern Sweden with time, breaking into scattered showers in west Norway. A few showers from Latvia north into south Finland, other northeastern areas generally dry with sunny spells. North Scandinavia is mostly dry with sunny breaks, some rain pushes into north Norway. and Sweden late in the day.

Sunday
High pressure persists over Iberia and the western Mediterranean, keeping sunny conditions present. A few showers in Corsica, Sardinia, and southern Italy., otherwise dry with sunshine. Scattered showers too in Albania, mainland Greece., and west Türkiye, otherwise dry with plenty of sun. Some cloudier windows in the northern Balkan States.
Very warm in south and west France., generally dry too except a few showers grazing far northern areas. A broad area of rain will pass through the Low Countries and into Germany, some local heavy falls, spreading into Czechia and west Poland. with time. A few scattered showers will reach Slovakia. Hungary stays dry with sunny spells. Some scattered thundery rain in Romania, some broader areas of rain towards the Black Sea, elsewhere dry with sun spells.
Early showery rain in Denmark and south Sweden. will fade with time. Most of the day will be showery over the Baltic States too. A few scattered showers for Finland, but most areas dry with sunny spells. Strong wind across northern Scandinavia, particularly northwest Norway where showers will be frequent.