Europe forecast - April 12, 2018
Unsettled west & south
Very warm east

Issued: 0530hrs Thursday 12th April 2018
Duty forecaster: Garry Nicholson


Widely sunny across Scandinavia


Thursday
Low pressure broadly influences western Europe, bringing unsettled conditions. Heavy rain for Portugal and south-western Spain, but eastern Spain should escape mainly dry with just a few showers. 20C on eastern Costas. Heavy rain also affects southern France, whilst slow-moving bursts also affect central and northern Italy, thundery in places, pushing into the southern Alps. Clusters of showers for northern France. Drier for the Low Countries, although fairly cloudy.
Some warm sunshine for Germany abnd Poland, into the low 20s Celsius. A fetch of warm south-easterly air extends across much of eastern Europe, with temperatures reaching 25C in Hungary, Romania and Greece . Chance of spotty afternoon thundery showers for the eastern Europe. Meanwhile, Scandinavia sees fair weather beneath a large area of high pressure. Lots of sunshine, 7 to 14C, warmest in southern Sweden and western Norway. An easterly breeze across the southern Baltic results in a blustery day for Denmark.


Friday
Staying unsettled in central and western Europe with slack low pressure in charge. Zones of slow-moving thundery showers affect Spain, France, plus northern Italy and the Alps. A more organised area of heavy rain pivots north across Germany. The Mediterranean coasts and islands, much of Italy and perhaps Portugal too may escape drier with sunshine.
Warm again for eastern Europe and largely dry, with a continued south-easterly flow. 22 to 25C from Poland to Greece, locally warmer around the Black Sea. Local thunderstorms breaking out around the Carpathian mountains. Easterly winds continue for southern Scandinavia, with some rain reaching Denmark, perhaps later edging further north. Much of Norway, Sweden and Finland will stay dry and sunny.


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