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Issued: 0530hrs Tuesday 1st July 2008
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Very warm in southern areas, but some thundery rain in the northwest

Tuesday
A dry day to come over Portugal and Spain, plenty of sunshine and feeling warm too. Some thundery showers developing in the west of France this afternoon, but for the east it should be staying dry with more sunshien to come here throughout the day. A fine day too through the Low Countries and Germany with good periods of sunshine throughout. Feeling warm as well. Poland will be under the influence of high pressur also with more sunshine and warm weather here. A fair day over Hungary, but for Austria and Switzerland there may be some thundery showers forming in the afternoon.
Italy will be starting the day fine but thundery showers forming here, the heaviest of these in the north. Over the far south of Italy it should be staying dry and sunny and will be this way throughout Greece. Turkey is likely to have sunshine too and will be feeling warm, although an odd shower is possible over the mountains. Bulgaria and Romania should be mainly dry with some more sunshine to come here.
Showers across the Baltic States, these dying away in the afternoon. Showers for Finland, some of them, heavy at times. A fair day over southern Norway and Denmark with plenty of sunshine here, whilst the north will have some cloud and showery bursts of rain.

Wednesday
Another dry day over Spain and Portugal. Plenty of sunshine to come here throughout the day, althoguh there could be afew spots of showery rain along northern coasts later in the day. For France conditions will be more unsettled. Here there will be some heavy periods of rain moving eastwardsm these thundery at times, to be followed by showers. The heavy, thundery rain moves through the Low Countries too and also into the west of Germany. Eastern parts of Germany and Poland should stay dry with some sunshine throughout the day here. A fair day too for Hungary, but some heavy thudnery rain and showers moving into the west of Austria and affecting the whole of Switzerland.
That thundery rain also around the north of Italy, with some showers elsewhere over the high ground of Italy too. For most other parts though it should be dry with sunny spells. Greece and Turkey should both have dry days with some sunny spells here, the sunshine extending through Romania and Bulgaria.
For the Baltic States there will be some heavy showers breaking out and these will be affecting Finland as well. Norway should be staying mainly dry with some sunshine here throughout the day and there will be more sunshine to come over Denmark and Sweden.