Issued: 0530hrs Thursday 21st July 2011
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling
Best sunshine to the south, rain and cloud through central and northern areas
Thursday
Low pressure over central parts of France brings cloud and periods of rain here. This rain extends into Switzerland and western parts of Germany. Rain across central and eastern Poland with strong winds here too. The area of low pressure brings cloud and drizzle into the Baltic States and Finland.
Through the Mediterranean the skies will be clearer with sunny spells. There could be some showers in central parts of Spain. Sunny and dry in the eastern Mediterranean and very warm here. Some heavy showers over Bulgaria and Romania.
Sweden will be fair with some sunny spells and it should be dry here. Denmark is going to have sunny spells and a few showers. fair in southern Norway but the north of the country will have cloud and some showers.
Friday
Plenty of fair weather across Portugal and Spain today with good spells of sunshine and warm weather. It will be remaining dry and sunny across the Balearic's and into Italy as well as Greece. Turkey should be staying fair too with more hot sunshine here.
Central parts of Europe will have more unsettled weather. There will be heavy showers over France and the Low Countries and well as Germany. Further heavy showers in Switzerland and Austria as well as Hungary. heavier rain across eastern parts of Poland where it will be windy too.
More rain across the Baltic States with heavy periods of rain. Drizzle and cloudy skies over Finland and Sweden. Windy through Denmark with some rain at times, showers and broken cloud over Norway.