Issued: 0530hrs Thursday 24th June 2010
Duty forecaster: John Ejdowski

Fine across the Mediterranean

Today
Quite a warm day across Europe today with lots of fine, summery weather. More cloudy across England today with a few showers. Plenty of sunshine to come across Spain and France and it's a hot one across southern Iberia today. A few showers too develop across Belgium and Holland today with a few across the south of Germany. Northern Germany should be fair and dry. More in the way of showers are expected across Switzerland and Austria today while pre persistent rain is expected across Poland into the Baltic States. Heavy showers and thunderstorms are likely across Belarus today but fine, warm and dry across Russia. Another fine, sunny day across Norway, Sweden and Finland. A dry day to come across the Balkans with lots of very warm sunshine to come. Much of Italy as well will be settled and dry with sunny spells, maybe just the of shower in the far north of the country.

Friday
Another very warm day across much of Europe. Lots of dry, sunny weather is forecast across England and France with juts the odd showers possible across parts of Belgium. Fine and sunny for The Netherlands into Denmark and southern Sweden. Showers will affect northern Sweden. An area of rain will be across Finland with heavy showers expected across The Baltic States. Lots of heavy showers as well across Germany today with sunny spells. Just a few showers to come across Hungary and the Alpine Region with frequent and heavy thundery showers across the Ukraine and Turkey. A dry, mostly sunny and very warm day across the former Yugoslavia, Bulgaria and Greece. Much of Portugal and Spain looks hot and sunny and this expected across the Balearics into Italy today. Hot as well across Russia and Belarus today and here it will be dry and sunny.