Issued: 0530hrs Tuesday 25th March 2025
Duty forecaster: Dan Graves

Central and southern areas will see a showery Tuesday. Drying with sun in the west, heavy rain into the southeast.

Tuesday
Dry with sunshine in southwest Spain and much of Portugal, though showers developing in southern Spain later. Showery rain for north and eastern Spain, also the Balearics, Corsica and Sardinia. Sunshine between these showers. Unsettled with heavy afternoon showers across Italy, more prolonged rain and thundery showers for the Balkan region and mainland Greece. Drier across the Greek islands into Türkiye but staying rather cloudy.
Showers forming increasingly during the day for southern France, the Alps, Hungary and into southern Germany, sunny spells between showers. Dry with sunny spells for northern France and Belgium. A little rain may affect the coast of the Netherlands and Germany. Mostly dry and alternating cloud and sun in Poland. Showery in Romania.
Spells of rain and breezy for Denmark. Dry at first for the Baltic States, rain into Estonia and Latvia later. Rain on and off for Norway with persistent rain along the west coast, drier for much of Sweden although some showers in the south. A weak front brings rain for a time in southern Finland, then brighter spells. Breezy and chilly in northern Scandinavia.

Wednesday
Dry and mostly sunny in Iberia. Heavy showers in the Balearics and Sardinia and Corsica, with some sun spells between showers. Heavy, thundery rain for much of southern Italy, more scattered to the north. Heavy rain along the Balkan coast as well, slipping inland. Northern Croatia staying clear of heavy rain. Some spots of rain in Greece and mostly cloudy.
Light showers gradually clear in France for sun spells. Cloudy with snow and rain across the Alpine Countries and southern Germany. Dry with extended sun spells for north Germany and the Low Countries. Rain into Poland and Belarus, gradually fading. Drier Ukraine with sun spells.
Denmark and southern Sweden will be mostly dry though often cloudy. Norway will be similar with persistent rain onto the west coast. Scattered rain across the Baltic States, more persistent and perhaps heavy in Estonia. Dry in Finland with alternating cloud and sun.