Issued: 0530hrs Sunday 29th August 2010
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling
Unsettled in the east with the best sunshine staying to the south
Sunday
Another fine day to come across Spain and Portugal; lots of sunshine here and feeling warm too. There will be sunshine across France and it should be staying dry here as well. More sunshine in the Low Countries although cloud increasing later bringing rain by evening. This cloud and rain already affecting the north of Germany and Poland. For southern parts of Poland and through Hungary, Austria and Switzerland the day should be dry with more sunshine.
Northern Italy has some broken cloud, but to the south it is dry with good spells of sunshine. Greece should be fine and very warm, although the risk of an afternoon shower breaking out over the mountains. Fine through Cyprus and Crete with plenty of warm sunshine, this extending into Turkey. Bulgaria and Romania will have some cloud and a few showers here and there.
For the Baltic States there could be a few heavy showers, although these not affecting Finland where it should be dry with sunshine. More unsettled in southern Sweden with some heavy showers here, although the north should be dry. Denmark looks set to be unsettled with some heavy showers, and these extend into southern Sweden too. Northern Sweden should be dry.
Monday
Another fine day to come through Spain and Portugal. France is going to be cooler although still bright with sunny spells, the best of these in the north. A few showers could affect more southern areas. Heavier showers for the Low Countries and Germany where clouds could merge to give longer periods of rain. This rain through Poland and Hungary where it will be a very unsettled day. Cloudy and mixed too for Switzerland and Austria with some rain here.
Northern Italy has cloud and the risk of some showery rain, but central and southern areas should be having sunny spells although some showers forming on the hills. For Greece the day is going to be dry with lots of sunshine and very warm, this sunshine extending into Turkey. More cloud for Bulgaria and Romania with a few spots of rain.
The Baltic States may again have some heavy showers with fine weather for Finland. More cloud and some showery rain over southern Norway with cloud and rain in Denmark. A fair day to come through Norway with sunny spells here.