Issued: 0530hrs Monday 27th June 2010
Duty forecaster: John Ejdowski

Heavy showers, thunderstorms for France

Today
It will be very warm and sunny across England today. Very warm as well across France but lots of heavy showers with scattered thunderstorms are forecast to develop during the day. These will be interspersed with sunny spells. Some of these heavy showers will also affect Switzerland. A few showers may also be found across Belgium. Lots of very warn sunshine though for Holland, Denmark, Germany right across into Poland, The Baltic States, Belarus and Russia. It's a day of sunshine and showers across Norway but a fine, dry day to come across Sweden and Finland. Another hot dry day to come across Portugal, Spain into the Balearics. Lots of sunshine too for Italy with a few scattered afternoon showers. The showers will be more numerous across the former Yugoslavia, Romania, Bulgaria and Albania while it stays fine and sunny across Greece and much of Turkey.

Tuesday
More cloudy across Britain today with a risk of some rain coming in from the west. The far north of France will have a fine, dry day with sunny skies. Some sunshine also for the rest of France but lots of showers will develop and many are going to be heavy wit a risk of scattered thunderstorms. A few showers will also develop across Belgium and Denmark but fine and sunny across Holland. High pressure in the east of Europe will again keep it sunny and warm across Germany, Poland, Hungary, the Baltic States and this extends into Belarus into the Ukraine. A few heavy showers again form across Switzerland with plenty of heavy showers with thunder to be found across Bosnia, Serbia, Croatia into Romania and Bulgaria. The dry, sunny and warm weather continues across Greece and Turkey. Hot, dry and sunny for Portugal and Spain with sunny skies into the Balearics and much of Italy as well. Perhaps just one or two showers develop across inland parts of Italy in the afternoon. It's looking a bit more unsettled but pleasantly warm across Scandinavia. A day of sunshine and showers for Norway, Sweden and Finland.