• Cooler air takes over. The week started out very cool in the west while the east was warmer. By the second half of the week a stronger push of cold air came in from the north leaving only the southeast with spring warmth.
Wetter
Warmer
Drier
• Rain (and snow!) pushes south. The cold outbreak was accompanied by rain showers working southward across the continent. By the end of the week temperatures had dropped enough that snow mixed in with rain from Germany and Poland to the higher elevations of the south.
De - Berlin
7.9
12.1
-4.3
11.0
Es - Madrid
39
0
39
7
De - Hamburg
7.1
10.6
-3.4
9.5
Ch - Zurich
41
3
38
13
Fr - Paris
10.5
13.9
-3.4
12.4
Ba - Sarajevo
31
2
29
19
No - Oslo
5.4
8.7
-3.3
6.1
Fr - Lyon
46
22
23
15
Fr - Lyon
11.9
14.9
-3.0
13.7
Es - Barcelona
23
4
19
7
It - Milan
15.0
12.7
2.3
12.3
Tr - Ankara
0
3
-3
15
Gr - Athens
19.9
16.2
3.7
16.6
De - Hamburg
1
4
-3
9
Tr - Ankara
12.0
6.1
5.9
10.2
Tr - Istanbul
1
11
-10
11
Tr - Adana
22.3
16.3
5.9
18.3
Tr - Adana
0
11
-11
18
Tr - Istanbul
17.4
10.5
6.9
13.9
Ie - Dublin
0
12
-12
12
• The wetter conditions in most areas resulted in suppressed retail store traffic, while cooler conditions continued to stall sales of spring products.
Weather Impact by Product Category France Turkey Spain Denmark Romania
Boots Ice Cream Rainwear Bottled Water Jumpers
p p p q q
This Week Outlook Wetter
Precipitation vs. LY
Colder
Precipitation vs. Normal
Temperature vs. Normal
Temperature vs. LY
Warmer
Drier
• No let-up to the cold. Much colder than normal and LY temperatures will dominate almost all of Europe through the week. Turkey will see slightly cooler midweek temperatures but otherwise will remain on the warm side of the ledger. • Plenty of showers. The cooler air will lend itself to light daily showers across a large portion of central and eastern Europe but the west generally gets a break from rain. • Another challenging week for spring products. Demand for products like t-shirts, ice cream and barbecue will remain suppressed.
Weather Impact by Product Category Belgium Sweden Portugal Slovakia Italy
This Weekend Outlook • Warmth returning to the east. Very cool temperatures will persist across the west but warmer conditions will return to the east. Rain will continue across the east through the weekend; unsettled weather will push into Britain late.
Next Week Outlook Wetter
Precipitation vs. LY
Colder
Precipitation vs. Normal
Temperature vs. Normal
Temperature vs. LY
Warmer
Drier
• Becoming less cool. Unusually cool weather will finally begin to moderate but do so at a near-glacial pace, while the warming in the east has a setback. • Still unsettled. A front will slowly move east with rain and thunder during the first half of the week. Late week will see more widely scattered light showers across a wider area.
Weather Impact by Product Category Great Britain Germany Croatia Turkey Austria