Issued: 0530hrs Saturday 18th May 2013
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling 2

Rain in much of central Europe but fair to the south

Saturday
Cloud and rain affect northern Spain on Saturday. It will be cool with a few showers to the south and east. Cloud and some rain in southern and western parts of France. Dry and bright weather across Italy and Greece as well as Turkey. There will be good spells of sunshine and it should be staying warm here through the day.
Some sunshine for northern France, but showers in the Low Countries and northern Germany. Further showers across northern parts of Poland. Southern Germany and Poland should be dry and bright with good spells of sunshine, and it should be staying fair across Switzerland and Hungary too.
Cloud and some rain in southern Denmark, but overall the day is dry with sunny spells. Dry with sunshine through the Baltic States, but some spots of drizzle through Finland and eastern Norway. Sweden should be dry with sunshine.

Sunday
Cloud and rain affecting northern parts of Spain on Sunday. Southern areas will be dry with lots of sunshine. More sunshine through the Balearics. Some showers over southern Italy. Greece and Turkey should be fine with lots of sunshine throughout.
Cloud with rain over France, the most persistent of it through northern areas. Staying cloudy and wet through the Low Countries too. A few heavy showers in Germany, with some cloud and spots of rain in northern Poland. Heavy showers over Hungary, Austria and Switzerland.
Cloud and spots of rain in southern Denmark today. For most of the country it should be fair with good spells of sunshine. Showers in the Baltic States, with plenty of dry weather to come across Finland, Sunny spells and dry weather in Sweden and Norway too.