Issued: 0530hrs Wednesday 1st September 2010
Duty forecaster: John Ejdowski

Hot across Iberia

Today
The fine, sunny weather across south east Europe will continue with very warm sunny day across Romania, Bulgaria, the former Yugoslavia into Greece and Turkey. Sunny and hot across Portugal into Spain, the Balearics into Italy. For eastern Germany, Poland, Belarus, the Baltic States, Russia into the Ukraine we can expect more heavy showers, merging into longer spells of rain. Sunnier and mainly dry for Norway, Finland and Sweden with just the odd shower. Lots of sunshine and dry again to across England, France and across into western Germany and into Switzerland and Austria. For Belgium, Holland and Denmark it's looking fine and dry but with a cool north wind.

Thursday
Heavy rain is expected across Russia today and also across the Baltic States and Belarus. A lot of cloud but a dry day for Finland while Norway and Sweden has good sunny spells. Lots of dry, sunny weather to come across England, Belgium, Holland and across much of France. While southern Germany will be dry showers are expected in the north and across Denmark into Poland with a few heavy ones. For the Ukraine into Romania, Hungry, the former Yugoslavia, Greece and Turkey it's looking sunny and warm. Just a few showers for eastern Spain today otherwise dry across Iberia, very warm and sunny and this fine weather extends east across the Balearics into Italy as well.