Issued: 0530hrs Saturday 23rd May 2026
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Heavy rain in cenral Europe, showers Mediterranean

Saturday
A few showers over northern Portugal and northwestern Spain while dry sunny conditions prevailing elsewhere. Dry and sunny for France, the Low Countries, the British Isles, Germany, while some showers are expected over Denmark, and cloudy skies over Poland. Plenty of rain for Norway, while some showers are possible for Sweden, and a few for northern Finland. Mostly dry for the Baltic Staes, with a sunny day for Belarus, but plenty of showers for eastern Ukraine.
A dry and sunny day for Switzerland, Austria, Czechia, Slovakia and Hungary, while plenty of showers are expected for Romania and the Balkans, with some showers heavy and thundery.
A day full of sunshine for the Balearics, Sardinia, Corsica and Italya, with rain or showers for Greece and Turkiye, and afternoon showers for Cyprus.

Sunday
Scattered thunderstorms developing across central and northern Spain. Fair for other areas with plenty of sunshine. Fine for the Balearics and across Sardinia and Corsica. Italy will be dry and sunny, an isolated shower in Sicily. Further showers in Greece and Turkey, some of them heavy.
France will have some cloud and rain in the south, but dry in central and northern areas with sunshine here. More sunshine and dry weather in the Low Countries and Germany as well as northern Poland. Cloud and some outbreaks of rain in the south of Poland and southern Germany.
Fair for Denmark with plenty of sunshine. Staying sunny in southern Sweden too. The dry weather and sunshine extends to the Baltic States. Breezy with a few showers in Finland. Showers for western Norway and windy here too.