Issued: 0530hrs Friday 15th July 2011
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling
Fair across most of southern Europe but cloud and some rain to the north
Friday
A fine day throughout the Mediterranean. There will be lots of hot sunshine through Portugal and Spain, this extending through Italy and into Greece as well as Turkey. It should remain fine ad dry into Bulgaria and Romania too.
A fair day to come over France with sunny spells here. It should stay fair for the Low Countries and much of Germany, although there will be cloud and some showers in the east, these extending into Poland where it will be windy too.
Low pressure brings cloud and strong winds over Denmark, southern Sweden as well as southern Norway. There will be rain here, some of it heavy at times. A few showers in the Baltic States with some cloud and outbreaks of rain across Finland. Northern Norway as well as the rest of Sweden should be fair.
Saturday
A fair day for most of Spain and Portugal although there will be some cloud affecting northern coasts of Spain. High pressure in the Mediterranean brings fine weather through the Balearic's and Italy, although a few thundery showers could affect northern Italy, Greece and inland parts of Turkey.
Western France is likely to be windy with some rain here, although high pressure brings fair weather to much of the rest of the country, the Low Countries and Germany. Some thundery showers in northern Italy and Switzerland.
A fine day through Denmark and Norway with sunny spells here, although there will be some cloud and showers for eastern Sweden and Finland.