Issued: 0530hrs Monday 28th April 2025
Duty forecaster: Dan Graves

Sunny mornings for most, cloud and showers forming in the afternoon for much of the southern continent. Cloud and rain around in the far north/northeast.

Monday
A sunny warm day for Iberia, some cloud into Portugal after noon. Some afternoon showers in the mountains of north Spain. Scattered showers over the Balearics, heavier with some outbreaks of thunder in Sardinia and Corsica. Heavy afternoon showers in central and southern Italy as well, mostly dry north with sun. Outbreaks of showers in the Balkan States and northern Greece, though many areas in Greece will by dry with sun. A strong northerly wind through the Aegean. Showery in south Türkiye with cloud around.
Afternoon shower outbreaks in central and south France, some thundery near the coast. Lots of sun for the Alps with scattered afternoon showers. Sunny across the northern continent as well, though clouds will drift into Poland, Belarus, and Ukraine. Chance of some showers in Romania and Hungary, staying sunny near the Black Sea. Sunny for Czechia, Slovakia, and Hungary.
Becoming cloudy for most of the far north with strong westerlies across southern Scandinavia. Frequent or persistent rain onto the west Norway coast with several patches migrating east into central and north Sweden. South Sweden and Denmark will be mostly dry but cloudy. Patchy rain for Finland. Afternoon rain into Latvia and Estonia, drier in Lithuania.

Tuesday
Another warm day in Iberia with some cloud in central Spain. Some showery rain into Portugal. Mostly sunny for the central Mediterranean islands, a few afternoon showers. Lighter afternoon showers for Italy. Dry and sunny for the Balkan States and Greece. Outbreaks of showers in south Türkiye, heavy at times.
France remains sunny with afternoon outbreaks of showers in the southeast. The Alps will see afternoon showers too. Dry and sunny for the Low Countries, Germany, and Czechia. Cloud increasing in Poland and Ukraine. Patchy clouds forming through the day around Slovakia and Hungary, some into Romania as well. Dawn rain in Belarus slips southward into central areas.
A mild day in southern Scandinavia. A spell of rain onto Norway's west coast through midday and cloudy. Dry again for Sweden and Denmark and staying cloudy though some bright spells will peek through. Showery for Finland and the Baltic States, sunny spells between showers here.