Issued: 0530hrs Saturday 12th June 2010
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling
Heavy and thundery showers in western Europe
Sunday
Saturday
Another unsettled day over Iberia with further heavy showers and thunderstorms, especially inland. Southern France should be dry, but thundery showers will be affecting the north. More showers through the Low Countries and Germany, with rain through southern Germany and southern Poland. Cloud and some showers extending through Austria, Hungary and Switzerland as well.
There could be some showers forming over northern Italy, and again over the southern parts of the country through the day, but some sunny spells in between the showers as well. High pressure bringing sunshine to Greece, Cyprus, Crete and Turkey and feeling warm here. Bulgaria and Romania will be dry with more spells of sunshine.
Cloud and some rain through the Baltic States, becoming brighter through the day. Unsettled with some heavy showers in Finland, with heavy rain and strong winds affecting Sweden. More strong winds and showers affecting
Heavy and thundery periods of rain over northern and eastern parts of Spain. There is cloud and some outbreaks of rain for northern Spain too, but to the south it is drier and brighter. Southern France is cloudy with periods of rain, some of them heavy and thundery. Drier for central and northern France bringing some sunny spells here. Hazy sunshine through the Low Countries, with more sunshine and dry weather for Poland and Germany. Austria will be rather cloudy with some periods of rain, and similar through Hungary and Switzerland too.
Heavy showers for northern Italy and thundery as well. Central and southern parts of Italy will be dry with sunny spells and should be warm as well. A few showers over the high ground of central Greece, but dry for the rest of the country with sunny spells. Fine and sunny over Crete and Cyprus with heavy and thundery showers forming across Turkey. Bulgaria and Romania will be dry and warm with some thundery showers here.
To the north there will be cloud and showery periods of rain through the Baltic States. Unsettled again across Finland, some of them rain heavy at times. Further showers for Sweden and these heavy in places. A few showers for Denmark and Norway, with sunny spells in between.