Issued: 0530hrs Friday 24th June 2011
Duty forecaster: John Ejdowski

Hot across Iberia

Today
Just a few showers across parts of England today. Across France it will be warm and mainly dry with sunny spells. Across Germany, Belgium, Holland, Denmark, Hungry and Poland expect plenty of showers through the day, some will be heavy with a risk of scattered thunderstorms. A strong mistral will be blowing across southern France and the Alps with heavy showers. Heavy showers too across Austria today. A dry day across the Baltic States with rain and heavy showers across Finland into Belarus and The Ukraine. Some showers today across Russia and sunny spells. Across the former Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Romania, Greece and Turkey it looks fine, sunny and warm. Lots of warm sunshine too across Italy, Corsica, Sardinia across the Balearics into Spain and Portugal. Very hot across southern Iberia.

Saturday
Rain clears from England as it turns warm. Very warm and sunny today across France and southern parts of Germany. Rain comes into Belgium and Holland today while a lot of showers are forecast for Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Poland. Fine across much of Norway today. Heavy rain will affect Belarus, Hungry and the Ukraine with heavy showers across Romania. Continued fine and sunny across the former Yugoslavia, Greece and Turkey, Across the Mediterranean lots of summery weather across Italy into a hot and sunny Spain and Portugal. Fine and sunny as well across Switzerland and Austria today.