Issued: 0530hrs Wednesday 12th March 2025
Duty forecaster: Dan Graves

Many places on the continent will see rain or showers, with extensive rain in the northeast. Quite cold in NW Europe.

Wednesday
Showery rain into Portugal and across northern Spain, eastern areas staying fine with sunny breaks. Showers over the Balearics soon clear for sun, staying showery with heavy spells and thunder Corsica and Sardinia. Heavy rains in central Italy, likely quite persistent. Some showery spells will reach into north and south Italy as well. These heavy rains will reach the Adriatic Coast in the later afternoon with isolated "breakaway" showers heading inland. Cloudy with some drizzle in Greece and Türkiye. Becoming windy and warm in southeast Europe in the evening.
A cool breeze from the north will be felt in northern France, Low Countries, and Germany. Scattered drizzle showers into all these areas as well. Southern France and southern Germany may see heavier or prolonged rains. Snow and showers affect Switzerland and Austria. Showers widely in Czechia and southwest Poland. East of here, showers will be minimal with sunny spells in Belarus, Ukraine. Feeling mild with a southerly breeze.
Denmark and south Sweden will see rain and sleet with sunny spells intermixed. Norway mostly dry inland with snow onto central and southern coasts. Cooling in Norway and Finland, often fine with sun breaks in the north. Mostly dry and cloudy in the Baltics and southern Finland, an isolated wintry shower possible here and there.

Thursday
Lots of heavy showers across southern Iberia, more scattered in nature north. Some showers stretching towards the Balearics later. Italy becoming drier though showers will persist along the central west coast. A showery Adriatic coast as well, though inland Balkan Countries will be mostly dry with cloud and sun. Dry Greece and Türkiye and often sunny.
A drizzly morning in France gradually gives way for a fine afternoon and evening. Drizzle into the Low Countries and Germany as well, feeling cool here. Snow showers across the Central Alps. Extensive rain into Czechia, Poland, and Slovakia, some showery bursts to the southeast. Becoming quite windy here too with scattered showers into Romania and Ukraine.
Denmark will be showery with a few sun spells. Mostly fine in southern Norway and Sweden with sunny spells. Often snowy along the central Norway coast and northward. Extensive rain will reach the Baltic states midday and persist through the evening. Spells of strong winds here. Fine though often cloudy in Finland