Issued: 0530hrs Monday 26th July 2010
Duty forecaster: John Ejdowski

Hot across Spain, Russia

Today
Hot, sunny weather will prevail across Portugal and Spain and across into the Balearics as well. More unsettled today with showers developing across Italy. For Belgium and Holland it looks fine with sunny spells. Lots of showers too for eastern France with the west fair and dry. Most of the showers across Germany will be towards the south while more heavy rain is expected across Norway, Sweden into Denmark. Heavy showers to across the Alpine Region into Hungary. A fine day to come across the former Yugoslavia while rain and showers are forecast across Romania. Dry weather and very warm across Russia into the Baltic States, Belarus into the Ukraine. Sunny and very warm as well across Greece and Turkey.

Tuesday
Rain and showers will affect England today. A dry day with sunny spells across France with more cloud and a few showers across Belgium and Holland. Lots of fine, dry sunny weather is expected across Norway, Finland, Denmark and northern parts of Germany. Lots of heavy showers are likely across southern Germany and across Austria into Hungary, some thundery. Rain is expected across Poland with heavy showers from Finland across the Balearics into Belarus into the Ukraine and Romania. Some heavy showers too across the former Yugoslavia. Large fine and sunny today and warm across Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey. A fine day to come across the northern half of Italy but in the south it's very unsettled with lots of heavy showers and thunderstorms. Across Corsica and Sardinia a fine, sunny warm day and this extends west across the Balearics. A very hot sunny day is expected across Spain and Portugal.