Issued: 0530hrs Monday 23rd July 2007
Duty forecaster: John Ejdowski
Highs over 40C across Bulgaria
Monday
Deep low pressure will be working it's way across northern Europe today. An area of heavy rain will affect England and France in the morning and this moves into The Low Countries and western Germany during the afternoon. Windy across France through the channel. Light rain across Spain is expected to fizzle out in the afternoon. An unsettled and breezy day as well across much of Scandinavia with spells of rain. This rain extends across the Baltic States into Russia.
For eastern Germany and Poland it's a fine, dry, sunny day. The weather will be dry, sunny and hot from The Balearics across Italy, Hungary and eastern Europe into the Balkans. Some places will again see temperatures in the 40s.
Tuesday
A drier, sunnier day to come across the United Kingdom. Very unsettled, breezy, cool and wet for much of central and northern Europe. Outbreaks of rain and showers are forecast across France, Germany, the Netherlands into Poland, Norway, Sweden and Finland. A dry day to come for the Baltic States into Russia. Rain is also expected to move into Switzerland and Austria.
Continued sunny, dry and very warm to hot from Portugal into Spain, Italy, Greece and Turkey.