Issued: 0530hrs Wednesday 2nd June 2010
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Fine and warm Iberia, heavy showers in Italy

Wednesday
A mainly fair and warm day to come across Spain and Portugal. There will be a few showers forming inland and those could be heavy at times. Thicker cloud across northern parts of Spain. Some heavy showers over eastern and southern France, but to the north and west it should stay fair. More sunny spells and dry over the Low Countries and Germany. Thicker cloud and some showers or rain for Poland. Austria and Hungary as well as Switzerland should be dry with sunny spells.
More unsettled over Italy with heavy showers forming. These may well turn thundery in places. Mainly dry for Greece, Cyprus and Crete. Showers in western Turkey but generally dry here with good spells of sunshine. A few showers for Bulgaria and Romania.
A cloudy and wet day through the Baltic States and Finland. Much of southern Sweden will be cloudy with some spells of rain too. Generally fair with hazy sunshine for Denmark. Most of Norway will be dry with sunny spells, although cloud and rain in western Norway

Thursday
A very warm day again through Spain and Portugal with the risk of a few thunderstorms forming inland. Fine with plenty of sunshine over France, but breezy to the south. A fine and breezy day for the Low Countries and Germany, although a few showers in the east. Fair for Hungary, but some showers drifting through Austria and Switzerland.
A few showers for Italy and again they could be heavy. Showers too for Greece, these thundery in places. Further heavy showers to come in Turkey, Bulgaria and Romania.
A wet and windy day for the Baltic States and Finland. Sunny spells and a few showers in Sweden. Fair in Denmark with sunny spells as high pressure builds. Fine in the south of Norway, but showers to the north.