Issued: 0530hrs Wednesday 24th August 2011
Duty forecaster: John Ejdowski

Cooler for northern Europe

Today
A better day across England with sunny spells though showers will affect the west. Some rain to come across northern France with showers in the west and sunny in the south. Rain spreads in across Norway and Sweden and this extends down into Denmark, Holland and Belgium. It stays fine and dry with sunny spells across Germany, Austria into Switzerland and into most of Poland. Just a few sharp showers in the far north of Poland with showers across Finland and western Russia. Mostly sunny, warm and dry across Hungry into Romania, all of the Ukraine into the former Yugoslavia into Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey. Very warm and sunny too across Italy into Corsica and Sardinia.

Thursday
Lots of showers to come across England into northern and central parts of France with the south of France dry, sunny and warm. Hot and sunny across Portugal into Spain and westward across the Balearics into Italy, Greece and Turkey. Much of eastern Europe also looks settled and summery with long sunny spells across Bulgaria, the former Yugoslavia into Romania, the Ukraine and into Russia, Belarus, The Baltic States and Poland. Fine and sunny across Germany into Hungry, Austria and Switzerland. Mostly sunny across Belgium, Holland, Denmark, Finland and Sweden with rain forecast for Sweden.