Issued: 0530hrs Tuesday 21st June 2011
Duty forecaster: John Ejdowski

Hot across Iberia

Today
Unsettled and breezy across England, Belgium, Denmark, Holland and Germany with a day of sunny spells and occasional heavy showers. A heavier spell of rain is expected across northern France and later into northern Germany but mainly dry and sunnier across southern Germany and across central and southern France. Lots of heavy showers and thunderstorms to come across eastern Poland, Finland, Russia and into northern parts of the Ukraine, The Baltic States and Finland. Southern parts of the Ukraine into Romania, the former Yugoslavia into Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey is looks very warm, dry and sunny. Dry as well across Italy today with sunny spells. Hot across Spain and Portugal with sunny skies.

Wednesday
Another showery day to come across England mixed with sunnier spells. Rain will affect northern France, Belgium and Holland though the far south of France looks dry and sunny. Sunny spells and scattered showers as well across Norway, Sweden and Germany across northern Poland, Belarus into Russia. Hot, dry and sunny weather continues across Portugal and Spain with sunny weather across the Balearics into Corsica, Sardinia into Italy, Greece and Turkey. Very warm to hot across The Balkans today with high pressure to give a dry, sunny day to Bulgaria, Romania and the former Yugoslavia. Dry and sunny as well across Finland today.