Issued: 0530hrs Monday 4th March 2019
Duty forecaster: Claire Darbinyan

Conditions will continue to be rather unsettled across much of Europe through the coming days as multiple low pressure systems impact the continent. The best of the sun will be reserved for eastern parts of the Mediterranean


Monday
An overcast day for Iberia with Portugal and western parts of Spain seeing some light scattered showers. Staying dry and bright in southeastern Spain. Cloudy too for the Balearics, Corsica and northern Italy. Sardinia and southern Italy should stay dry and bright. Heavy showers will move into northern Italy through the late afternoon. A mostly dry and bright day for Greece and Turkey though southern areas could see some showers.
A wet and breezy day for France, the Low Countries and much of Germany while Switzerland and Austria will see some snow. Overcast for Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Poland will also be rather cloudy with scattered showers affecting northern areas.
Another wet and windy day for Denmark while the Baltic States will be rather overcast with some scattered showers through the day before a band of more persistent rain sweeps in from the west through the evening. Mostly dry and bright in Finland though a band of snow will affect southern parts of the country later in the day. It will be windy for southern parts of Sweden and Norway as a band of rain and snow moves northward throughout the day.

Tuesday
A cloudy day for the western Mediterranean with heavy rain for northern Portugal and northwestern Spain. Brightening in northern Italy through the afternoon. Dry and bright for Greece and Turkey.
A cloudy day for France with rain affecting northern areas. Brighter in the southeast. A wet day for Belgium and Luxembourg but it should stay mostly dry for the Netherlands. Germany, the Czech Republic, Poland and Austria will experience a mixture of sunny spells and scattered showers while Switzerland and Hungary should stay dry with some good sunny spells.
It will be a wet day for Denmark. Wet too in the Baltic States with high winds through the morning followed by wintry showers through the afternoon. Windy too in southern Finland with snow falling throughout the day. Snow will affect southern parts of Norway and Sweden too.