Issued: 0530hrs Tuesday 9th August 2011
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Fair through the Mediterranean, some showers to the north

Tuesday
High pressure brings plenty of fair weather to western and southern Europe today. There will be good spells of sunshine extending through France and into Spain and Portugal. The western Mediterranean will be fine too, although a northeast breeze blowing through the Balearics. Italy should have a fine day too with more sunshine, although there could be an odd shower forming over the hills later. Turkey and Greece are going to be fine with lots of sunshine throughout.
Cooler weather and showers affecting the Low Countries and Germany today. The showers merging to longer spells of rain at times, and becoming increasingly windy across Poland and northern Germany. Staying windy across Denmark with showers or longer spells of rain here. More cloud and rain in Norway with some showery rain through southern Sweden. Brighter for the Baltic States with some showers later.

Wednesday
Fair weather through Spain and Portugal on Wednesday bringing some good spells of sunshine, the best of it to the west. France should have a fair day too, as will most of the western and central Mediterranean. More sunshine through the eastern Mediterranean bringing fine conditions through Greece and Turkey.
The Low Countries and Germany should have a fine day with lots of sunshine to come here. More sunshine across Switzerland and Austria as well as Hungary. Poland will be dry with sunny spells across central and southern areas, but some showers and stronger winds to the north.
Low pressure will be over northern parts of Scandinavia. This brings showers, some of them heavy at times. The far south of Norway and Sweden should be bright with a few showers and some windier conditions across Denmark.