Issued: 0530hrs Friday 25th July 2008
Duty forecaster: John Ejdowski

Fine across the Mediterranean

Today
Quite a warm and increasingly humid day to come for much of Europe with temperatures quite widely reaching thirty degrees. Some heavy showers are likely across western parts of the United Kingdom Some heavy, thundery showers are also expected across the western half of France today with eastern areas fine and sunnier. A large area of fine, sunny weather will extend from the Low Countries into northern Germany, Holland, Denmark across into Poland, much of Scandinavia into the Baltic States and Russia as this area will be dominated by high pressure over Sweden.
A few showers are likely across Belarus but lots more in the way of heavy, thundery showers will affect southern Germany, The Czech Republic, Romania, Hungary and Bulgaria today with a few for Austria too. The far north of Spain may see a few heavy showers but for much of Iberia it's another sunny, dry and very warm day. Sunny weather too will prevail across the Balearics across into Italy, Greece and Turkey.
Highs will be around 28C in London, 27C for Brussels, 28C for Paris, 39C for Madrid, 27C in Rome, 26C in Bucharest, 32C in Athens, 23C in Warsaw, 25C in Berlin and 26C for Stockholm.

Saturday
Still very warm to hot across much of Europe today and while there will be some sunshine, lots of heavy showers with a risk of thunder will develop across the United Kingdom, France and the Benelux Countries. Heavy showers too across southern Germany with the north fine and sunny. High pressure will keep northern Poland, Scandinavia and Holland dry and sunny but southern pats of Poland will have heavy showers. Fine and sunny too across the Baltic Region into Russia today.
Very hot and sunny across Portugal, Spain into the south of France across the Balearics into Italy, Greece and Turkey. Plenty of heavy showers and thunderstorms will develop across the former Czech Republic, Romania, Bulgaria and Hungary.