Issued: 0530hrs Monday 18th May 2026
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Fair for most of the Mediterranean, wetter Baltic States and Finland

Monday
A mostly dry and sunny day for the Iberia. Afternoon showers for France, a few of them on the heavy side. Showers, then outbreaks of rain from the west over the British Isles. A dry start, but afternoon showers for the Low Countries, Germany, Poland and Denmark. Some rain for southern Norway, drier north. Dry and sunny for Sweden and Finland. Heavy showers for the Baltic States, Belarus and Ukraine.
Afternoon heavy showers for Switzerland, and western Austria, but drier sunnier further east. Showers for eastern parts of Czechia, for Slovakia and eastern Hungary. A few afternoon showers for Romania and the Balkans.
A dry and sunny day for the Balearics, while afternoon showers for Sardinia and Corsica. Mostly dry and sunny for Italy, but some showers for the northern parts. A dry and sunny day for Greece, while Turkey will see plenty of showers, some heavy, for northern Turkey. Dry and sunny for Cyprus.

Tuesday
Fine through Spain and Portugal with good spels of sunshine, especially in the east. Fair through the Balearics with more sunshine here. Corsica and Sardinia stay dry and sunny. More sunshine in Italy where it is becoming warm. Greece and Turkey will be dry too with more sunshine here.
Rain affects the northern half of France. The southern half will be dry with sunny spells. Cloud and rain in the Low Countries too. Dry with sunshine for Germany. Cloud and a few showers in Poland. Hungary will be dry with plenty of sunshine. Fair for Austria with plenty of sunshine. Switzerland remains dry and fair with more sunshine.
Cloud and periods of rain in Denmark. Wet in the Baltic States, some heavy rain here. Further rain in Finland. Sweden should be mostly dry but rather cloudy in the east. Cloud and some rain in southwestern areas of Norway, but fair and dry in the north.