Issued: 0530hrs Sunday 27th July 2008
Duty forecaster: John Ejdowski
Thundery rain into the west Monday
Today
Another very warm day across Europe today. There will be some heavy showers toady across the United Kingdom with another area stretching from the Low Countries into eastern and southern Germany. The rest of France and Germany looks fine and sunny. The hot, sunny weather continues across Iberia into the Balearics and into Corsica and Sardinia. There is a risk of some heavy showers today for central and northern parts of Italy but fine and dry in the south.
A number of showers too for Austria into the former Czech Republic, Hungary and Bulgaria along with the former Yugoslavia as well. Very heavy showers and thunderstorms are forecast for Romania today with Greece and Turkey sunny and dry. The fine, settled and sunny spells of weather continues across Scandinavia, Poland, Denmark, Holland and the Baltic States.
Highs will be around 29C in London, 29C for Brussels, 30C for Paris, 36C for Madrid, 30C in Rome, 29C in Bucharest, 30C in Athens, 29C in Warsaw, 32C in Berlin and 27 for Stockholm.
Monday
Heavy showers will develop across western England today but still quite hot. Heavy, thundery rain also moves in across western France with a few showers in the far north of Spain. Eastern France will also see some showers while central areas are mainly sunny and dry. Western parts of Germany will have sunshine and showers with heavy showers and thunderstorms across the Alpine Region. Most of Germany along with the Low Countries and Poland will be hot and sunny. A fine day across Norway and Finland but a few showers will develop across Sweden. High pressure will also keep the Baltic States, Russia, Belarus, the Ukraine, Romania, Hungary and Bulgaria fine, dry and sunny. Lots of heavy showers and thunderstorms are forecast for the former Yugoslavia and Greece today. Hot and sunny into Turkey, the rest of Iberia and Italy.