Issued: 0530hrs Wednesday 16th April 2025
Duty forecaster: Filotas Paschos

Heavy rain Mediterranean.

Wednesday
A band of rain spreads southeast over Portugal and Spain through the day, best of the conditions over eastern Spain. Some heavy rain for eastern France, further west bright with a few showers. A low pressure system over the British Isles will give some heavy rain in places. Mostly cloudy but dry for the Low Countries, with some rain later in the evening. Some rain for western parts of Germany, but eastern parts as well as Poland will see a bright day. Some rain for Denmark. Scattered showers for Norway>, but mostly dry for Sweden and Finland. Rather cloudy for the Baltic States with some light rain, same for Belarus and Ukraine.
Rather cloudy for Switzerland with some rain. Mostly dry for Austria but cloudy. Sunny spells for Czechia, Slovakia and Hungary as well as Romania and the Balkans.
Heavy rain and thunderstorms for Balearics, Sardinia and Corsica, moving over parts of Italy later in the day. Rather cloudy but dry for Greece. Sunny for Turkiye and Cyprus.

Thursday
A showery day for Portugal. Scattered afternoon shower for Spain. Some persistent rain for eastern France, brighter elsewhere. Some afternoon showers for the British Isles. Patchy light rain is expected for the Low Countries and western Germany. Eastern parts and Poland will see a rather cloudy but dry day. A few showers for Denmark. Some rain for southern Norway, but drier further north. Sweden and Finland will see a mostly dry and bright day. Dry with good sunny spells and very mild for the Baltic States, Belarus and Ukraine.
Some heavy rain and snow on the mountains for Switzerland. Outbreaks of rain for Austria and Hungary, possibly turning heavy later in the day. A cloudy but rather dry for Czechia and Slovakia. Mostly cloudy for the Balkans with outbreaks of rain in west.
Mostly dry and bright for the Balearics, while heavy showers are expected for Sardinia and Corsica as well as norther and central parts of Italy. A few showers for western Greece. Sunny for Turkiye and Cyprus.