Issued: 0530hrs Sunday 5th September 2010
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling
Lots of autumn sunshine
Sunday
A fair day to come over all parts of Spain and Portugal. There will be some good spells of sunshine here throughout the day. More sunshine for France, although this hazy in the east. The Low Countries and most of Germany should be dry too with some sunny spells here, although a few heavy showers could affect northeast Germany and the north of Poland. Hungary, Austria and Switzerland will have cloud and some spots of rain.
Most of Italy will be dry with sunny spells. Thicker cloud over the far south of Italy bringing some spots of rain here. Greece should be dry with sunny spells and it will be remaining dry through Crete, Cyprus and Turkey. Fair for Bulgaria and Romania with some more sunshine here.
An area of showery rain spreads south through Finland and into the Baltic States. High pressure brings a fine day through Norway and Sweden as well as Denmark.
Monday
Sunny spells and dry on Monday over Spain and Portugal. The weather stays fine for most of France, although there is the threat of some heavy showers over western and northern parts of France too. For the Low Countries the day should be dry with sunshine, with dry weather and rather breezy conditions for Germany and Poland. Austria, Hungary and Switzerland should be dry throughout the day as well.
For Italy the day is going to be dry with sunny spells, and this sunshine extends into Greece. There will be a risk of some showers forming over the Turkish Mountains, with a few thundery showers in Bulgaria and Romania.
To the north there will be some heavy showers in the Baltic States with Finland being dry with some sunshine. Fine weather across Scandinavia with Norway, Sweden and Denmark all being dry with plenty of sunshine.