Issued: 0530hrs Friday 4th July 2008
Duty forecaster: John Ejdowski
Very hot across Turkey
Today
An area of heavy rain will move into south west England and into the north west of Spain but for the bulk of England and Spain it's a fine, dry day of sunny spells. Still very warm across Spain. Sunny and dry as well for all of France and western Germany while an area of rain affects eastern Germany, the Low Countries, Holland, Denmark, southern Poland and Belarus.
Another fine, dry and sunny day to come across Scandinavia. For The Alpine Region, Italy, Greece and Turkey it remains sunny and dry while a number of showers will develop across the former Yugoslavia. Mostly fine and warm across the Czech Republic into Romania, Hungary and Bulgaria with sunny spells and just the odd shower.
Saturday
A wet and windy day to come across the United Kingdom with heavy rain. After a dry morning rain also spread in across the north coasts of France and the Low Countries. Some light rain and showers too for central and eastern France with the south fine, sunny and warm. A very warm day across Germany and apart from a few showers in the east it's fine and sunny. An area of rain and heavy showers will extend from Russia into Belarus, Poland and the Ukraine.
Apart from a few scattered showers across northern Spain, it's sunny and very warm across Iberia. Fine and summery too across the Balearics into Italy. Quite a hot, sunny day to come for Greece and Turkey today. Just a few showers today across the former Yugoslavia with lots of warm sunshine for Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania. Expect sunshine and showers across Norway, Denmark and Holland with a dry day for Sweden and Finland and the Baltic States.