Issued: 0530hrs Thursday 6th March 2024
Duty forecaster: Filotas Paschos

Low pressure systems will give unsettled weather for the Iberian and the Balkans Peninsula.

Thursday
A cloudy day with heavy and persistent rain over Portugal. A dry starter Spain, but soon outbreaks of heavy rain will spread east with snow on the mountains. A dry and bright day for France with a few showers for the southern parts. A few showers for the British Isles too, with good brightness over southern England. Dry and sunny for the Low Countries, Germany, and Poland. Some cloud but also some good sunny periods for Norway, Sweden and Denmark. Cloudy but mostly dry for Finland and Estonia, while Latvia and Lithuania will see a sunny day. A dry day for Belarus, Ukraine and Moldova with good sunshine.
A dry and sunny day for Switzerland, while it will be cloudier over Austria with some light snow. Light rain or sleet for Czechia, Hungary, Slovakia and Slovenia. Balkans will see a cloudy day with unsettled conditions, outbreaks of rain and snow over the mountains.
Mostly cloudy over the Balearics with some early brightness. Some showers over Sardinia and Corsica with some sunny spells too. A few showers for northern Italy, otherwise a dry and bright day with long sunny periods. Cloudier for Greece with some shower or thunderstorms mostly for the northern and central parts. Some showers for Turkey these mostly over the northeast, while central areas will see plenty of sunshine. Showers and possibly thunderstorms in the afternoon for Cyprus.

Friday
Another cloudy day for Portugal and Spain with heavy and persistent rain, with the risk of flooding, and some snow on the mountains. A dry and bright start for France but outbreaks of rain will push north through the day. Mostly dry and bright for the British Isles with some good brightness for most areas. Maybe cloudier for Ireland with some light rain or drizzle. The Low Countries as wells Germany and Poland will see good sunshine. Cloudier for Norway and Sweden but still dry, sunny weather for Denmark. Cloudy for Finland and the Baltic States but still dry. Cloudier than on Thursday for Belarus, but still sunny for Ukraine and Moldova.
A dry sunny start for Switzerland but increasingly cloudy later. Same for Austria, maybe with some snow on the mountains later. Mostly dry but rather cloudy for Czechia, while some light rain or drizzle is possible for Slovakia and Hungary. A mostly cloudy day for the Balkans with some light rain (and snow on mountains) for Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro.
Outbreaks of rain for the Balearics, this spreading over Sardinia and Corsica through the day and becoming heavy. A dry and sunny morning for Italy but cloud and heavy rain arrives later mostly in north and central parts. Some heavy rain for Greece, mostly for the Aegean Islands but drier brighter later with sunny spells. Heavy rain for western Turkey, but drier elsewhere. Sunny spells a few showers for Cyprus.