Issued: 0530hrs Tuesday 14th June 2011
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

A fair day in the western parts of Europe, but a few showers could affect the east

Tuesday
Fine and dry today with sunny spells across England. A day of sunshine and showers to come across France, Germany and Sweden and these will be frequent, heavy and thundery.
Showers to will affect Norway with rain across Sweden. Dry and sunny across Finland, The Baltic States into Belarus, Poland and Hungry. Showers and thunderstorms will affect the Ukraine, Romania and eastern Turkey.
Some thundery showers too to come across the former Yugoslavia but dry and sunny across Bulgaria with a few afternoon showers across Greece. Another day of showers and sunny spells for Italy with another fine, sunny day to come for Spain and Portugal. Hottest today across the south of Spain and Portugal.

Wednesday
High pressure is going to be bringing lots of dry weather and sunshine through Portugal and Spain. It will be staying fine across France as well with more sunshine to come here, and this fair weather stays across most central parts of Europe.
The Mediterranean stays in fine conditions with more sunshine throughout. There is the threat of a few showers affecting eastern parts of the Mediterranean, especially over the high ground of Greec and Turkey.
To the north low pressure brings an unsettled day through Scandinavia. There will be showery outbreaks of rain for the Baltic States and Finland. A windy day over Denmark and southern Sweden with more rain here. Norway should be mainly fair with some sunny spells here.