Issued: 0530hrs Wednesday 13th May 2026
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Cold with heavy showers in central and northern Europe, drier Mediterranean

Wednesday
Scattered showers in northern Spain and Portugal. Fair for the rest of Iberia. The Balearics should be fine with sunshine here. Heavy showers in central and southern and central Italy. fair in the north with sunny spells. Greece and Turkey will be dry with good spells of sunshine here.
Heavy showers and chilly in much of France, most of the showers in the north. Heavy showers and longer spells of rain for the Low Countries and northern Germany and cold here too. Poland will be dry with sunny spells. fair for Hungary and Austria. Scattered showers in Switzerland.
Cloudy and damp in Denmark with rain in the afternoon. Heavy showers in the Baltic States. Rain or showers in Finland. Further heavy showers or rain in the north, fair in the south. Sunny spells and mostly dry for Norway although some showers in the south.

Thursday
Heavy showers in northern Spain. Fine for most of Spain and Portugal with sunshine. Staying fair in the Balearics with more sunshine. Scattered showers in Sardinia and Corsica. Heavy showers across Italy, thundery in northern areas. Greece will be brighter with sunny spells. Some showers in southern Turkey.
Heavy showers merging to longer spells of rain in France where it will be feeling cold too. The cold and showery conditions continue through the Low Countries and Germany. Poland will have a few showers but some sunny spells too. Fair for Hungary. Austria will have thunderstorms and these extend to Switzerland.
Sunshine and showers in Denmark. A few showers in the Baltic States and western areas of Finland. Heavy showers and windy across Sweden. Rain and strong winds affecting much of Norway.