Issued: 0530hrs Wednesday 29th June 2011
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling
Showers to the north, and across Italy tomorrow, but fair for many
Wednesday
A breezy day across northern parts of Spain and Portugal today. Most of Iberia should be dry with more sunshine here. It should stay fine across the Mediterranean with further spells of sunshine, although southern parts of France could see some thundery showers in the afternoon. Fair for Greece and Turkey with more sunshine here.
Fine across western France, although a band of thundery rain across the Low Countries. That thundery rain affecting western Germany too, although the east of the country and Poland should be fine with sunshine here.
Some cloud and rain over western Norway. For Sweden and Denmark the day should be fair though, some good spells of sunshine here. More sunshine to come through the Baltic States and into Finland and dry here too.
Thursday
A fair and warm day over most of Iberia. It will be breezy in the north though, and there is the risk of some heavy showers affecting northeast Spain. Sunny spells and some showers for France too, most of them to the east. Heavier showers across the Low Countries with some rain affecting Germany.
Italy is likely to be seeing some heavy afternoon showers, as a strong Mistral blows off southern France. Greece looks set to be dry with sunny spells here, and it should be remaining dry and fine across Greece too.
Some rain will affect Denmark and Norway and this could be heavy at times. Sweden starts fine but then heavy showers break out here later. The Baltic States and Finland will have some sunny spells, but they should be dry throughout.