Issued: 0530hrs Thursday 18th April 2019
Duty forecaster: Claire Darbinyan

A largely dry & settled picture across much of Europe; thunderstorms for Iberia


Thursday
A stormy day for Iberia as an area of low pressure triggers widespread heavy thundery showers for Portugal and Spain. A few scattered showers may reach the Balearics through the afternoon where it will be a rather overcast day. Dry and mostly bright for Corsica, Sardinia and Italy with a chance of an afternoon shower. Showery across Greece and while afternoon showers will develop in Turkey too.
A dry and fair day for France with a good deal of cloud around; dry and bright for the Low Countries and Germany. Showers for southern Switzerland and western Austria but otherwise dry and bright. Good spells of sunshine and dry weather too for Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary.
Mostly dry and bright across Denmark, the Baltic States, Finland, Sweden and Norway. High cloud may turn the sun hazy at times, particularly over Norway, central parts of Sweden and Finland, and the northern Baltics.

Friday
Stormy conditions will continue for Portugal and Spain but will gradually clear from the northeast through the afternoon. Overcast for the Balearics, Corsica and Sardinia with the chance of a shower for Majorca and Ibiza. A sunny and mostly dry day for Italy, Greece and Turkey.
A mostly bright and dry day for France on Friday though some afternoon thunderstorms could flare up in the northeast. A sunny and dry day for Germany, Poland, the Czech Republic, Austria, Hungary and Slovakia while there will likely be a flare up of thundery showers in the afternoon for Switzerland and the Alps.
A sunny and dry day for Denmark. A band of cloud will move south over Finland through the morning and into the Baltics through the afternoon but it will remain dry here. Norway and Sweden should see a mostly dry and bright day too away from the far north where there could be some showers.