Issued: 0530hrs Thursday 2nd June 2011
Duty forecaster: John Ejdowski
Sunny across Scandinavia
Today
A warm, summer's day to come across England and much of France across into Belgium, Holland, Denmark and Germany. Expect a few showers for southern France and the far north of Spain with a few heavy showers around the Balearics. A number of showers as well are forecast across Italy, The Alps into the former Yugoslavia, southern Poland and some of these may be thundery. Fine, warm and sunny across Greece and western Turkey with showers in the east. Sunny and warm across northern Poland, the Baltic States and Belarus while heavy showers affect Russia. Much of Scandinavia will be fine and dry with sunny spells today with rain in the far north of Finland, Sweden and Norway.
Friday
Sunny and warm across England today and this fine weather extends across the channel into most of France, Belgium, Holland, Denmark and across all of Germany. Just a few showers may affect the south of France and across the Alps. A few showers too in the far south of Poland but dry and sunny and warm across much of Poland, The Baltic States, Russia, Belarus and the Ukraine. Warm with sunny spells across Hungry, the former Yugoslavia, Romania, Greece and southern Italy but here a number of heavy showers with scattered thunderstorms will develop. Fine and sunny across Turkey. Fine as well across northern Italy with scattered showers around the Balearics and parts Spain but very warm here with sunny spells as well. Dry and sunny across Portugal. Another fine day across Scandinavia with sunny skies across Norway, Sweden and Finland.