Issued: 0530hrs Sunday 22nd August 2010
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling
Staying hot in the south with a few thunderstorms, heavy showers in central areas
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.
Monday
Another warm day to come through Spain and Portugal with lots of sunshine here, but also the chance of a thunderstorm over the hills. Thunderstorms will be developing through France, these heavy at times. Cloud and rain through the Low Countries and through Germany. Poland will have heavy thunderstorms in the west with Hungary being dry. Thunderstorms too for Austria and Switzerland.
high pressure brings a fine day through Italy with lots of sunshine here. It stays fine across Greece and Turkey, and it should stay sunny here as well. More sunshine for Bulgaria and Romania and dry here.
Cloud and drizzle through the Baltic States. A few showers in Finland, but fair for northern Sweden. Cloud and periods of rain southern southern Sweden, with rain too over southern Denmark. A few showers for southern Norway, otherwise dry here with some sunshine.