Issued: 0530hrs Wednesday 21st July 2010
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling
Fine and sunny Mediterranean, but thunderstorms through France and Germany
Wednesday
There could be some thundery showers over inland parts of Iberia through today. Generally it will be dry with lots of sunshine through most places. heavy showers and thunderstorms over northern and western parts of France, with the south being dry with some sunny spells here. Showers or rain and thunderstorms over the Low Countries, these showers reaching western Germany later. Eastern parts of Germany and the whole of Poland will be dry with sunny spells. Fair for Hungary, Austria and Switzerland.
Fine for Italy with lots of sunshine to come. There will be more sunshine across Greece and Turkey and it is going to hot here as well. Through Bulgaria and Romania it will be dry and sunny as well as very warm or even hot.
To the north the Baltic States will be dry and sunny as well as warm. Hazy sunshine through Finland and dry here as well. Sweden should be dry with sunny spells and will be dry, although more cloud to the north. Fine through Denmark with sunny spells, although some showers here later. Cloud, rain and rather misty for Norway.
Thursday
Another very warm day across Iberia. There will be a few showers breaking out in the far north later in the morning. An area of heavy rain through France will give some thunderstorms here. The thundery rain extending through Germany, where some could be heavy. More sunshine and dry weather in Poland, and staying very warm here. The warm and dry weather extends to Hungary, although Austria and Switzerland will be quite showery with some sunny spells.
High pressure brings a fine day to Italy with plenty of sunshine here through the day. Some thundery showers could form over the high ground of Greece. Crete and Cyprus should be dry with sunny spells and this sunny weather extends through Turkey too. Heavy and thundery showers affecting Bulgaria and Romania.
To the north the Baltic States will be fine with good spells of sunshine, and this sunshine extends through Finland too. Cloud and periods of rain affecting Sweden, some of this heavy at times. More rain to come over southern Denmark with rain or showers through Norway.