Issued: 0530hrs Saturday 2nd May 2026
Duty forecaster: Dan Graves

Eastern Europe will be mostly sunny, though cooler in the southeast with thunderstorms around the Aegean and Türkiye.

Saturday
Heavy showers over Portugal and Spain Spain most of the day, the showers often thundery in central and northern Spain. Dry with a mix of cloud and sun over the Balearics, mostly sunny for Sardinia and Corsica. Sunshine for Italy. A few scattered showers in the northern Balkans but often sunny too. Some scattered showers for Greece. Heavy showers break out across Türkiye, thunder in southern areas. Rain arrives later over Cyprus.
Heavy, locally thundery showers in west and northern France, dry with sunny spells to the east. Thundery showers over the Low Countries too. A few showers in west Germany, but otherwise sunny and very warm for Germany and Poland. A dry and sunny day for Switzerland, Austria, Slovakia, Czechia and Hungary. Also dry in Belarus and Ukraine but with some more cloud around. Heavy showers in Romania and Bulgaria.
Wintry showers affect the west and north of Norway most of the day, quite strong westerly wind in the north. A mix of showers and sunshine in southern Norway, sunny in Denmark but a few afternoon showers here too. A few showers in central and northern Sweden, but otherwise mixed cloud and sun, mostly sunny in the southeast; similar conditions in Finland. The Baltic States will be sunny.

Sunday
More heavy showers in Portugal and Spain, heavy and thundery in the north. Thundery showers extend into the Balearics; Sardinia and Corsica stay sunny. Italy and the Balkan States are sunny, some cloud arriving in northern Italy later in the day. Heavy showers and cool around the Aegean, a few early showers in west Greece but these easing for sun spells. Widespread heavy and often thundery rain in Türkiye.
Heavy thundery showers across much of France, these showers extending into the Low Countries. A few scattered showers in Switzerland and west Germany. Brighter in east Germany, extensive sunshine across Poland, Czechia, Slovakia, Hungary, and Austria. Unseasonably hot in east Germany and western parts of Poland, Czechia, and locally Austria too. Sunny spells in Ukraine and Romania, scattered showers in Bulgaria.
Showery rain in Denmark and southern Sweden. Some early showers in southern Finland but otherwise dry with sunny spells. Often sunny in the Baltic States with only a few odd showers. Southern Norway will be dry with sunny spells; wintry showers continue to affect the northwest of Norway, a few of these drifting into northern parts of Sweden and Finland.