Issued: 0530hrs Saturday 21st August 2010
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling
Hot southern Europe with rain and cloud to the north
Saturday
A hot day to come through Spain and Portugal, although the risk of a heavy showers developing in the afternoon. A fine day for France with more sunshine here. The sun continues through the Low Countries and Germany, this extending into Poland and Hungary. Austria and Switzerland will be warm with some showers developing in the afternoon.
A sunny day through Italy, although there is the threat of a heavy shower forming in the afternoon. Thundery showers to come across Greece and Turkey, and fine through Crete and Cyprus. High pressure bringing dry weather to Bulgaria and Romania with good spells of sunshine here.
Cloud and some showers over Finland, these extending to the Baltic States. Cloud bringing hazy sunshine through Sweden, the chance of some drizzle to the south. A few bursts of showery rain through Copenhagen, with some showery rain spreading east through Norway.
Sunday
Plenty of sunshine to come through Spain and Portugal once again today, and feeling very warm as well. More sunshine for France, but some cloud and a few showers over northern France. Cloud and a few showers for the Low Countries and northern Germany. Poland should be fair with sunny spells and this sunshine and dry weather extends through Austria and Switzerland as well.
A fine day for Italy with plenty of sunshine and staying dry. Heavy showers over the high ground of Greece. Breezy and hot for most of Turkey, with sunshine and hot weather for Cyprus and Crete too. A fine day for Bulgaria and Romania with more sunshine here.
Unsettled and cloud for the Baltic States with the threat of rain here through the day. More cloud and some rain for Finland. Southern Norway will have cloud and some rain, this heavy at times, and a wet day in Denmark too. Heavy showers in Sweden.