Issued: 0530hrs Tuesday 30th August 2011
Duty forecaster: John Ejdowski

Hot across Spain, south east Europe

Today
Lots of heavy showers to come across Finland into northern Russia with rain expected across Sweden and Norway. Expect some showers to across Denmark into northern Germany with southern Germany again fine and sunny. The fine weather across much of Europe is set to continue with dry, sunny weather from France into the Alps, into Hungry, The Ukraine into Romania, Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey. Across Italy expect lots of warm, sunny weather but a few heavy showers may develop in the afternoon. Across the Balearics into Spain and Portugal with a dry, sunny day as well across all of France. More showers though will affect Belgium and The Netherlands.

Wednesday
Heavy showers are expected across Portugal today but dry and sunny across Spain into the Balearics and eastward into Italy, Greece and Turkey. Fry and mostly sunny into France, England and southern parts of Germany. Plenty of showers are again forecast across Norway, Sweden, northern Germany, The Low Countries, Denmark, Finland and western Russia long with the Baltic States. Showers too to come across Belarus but lots of dry, sunny weather is forecast for Hungry, Romania, the former Yugoslavia and Bulgaria. Heavy showers with thunder is expected across The Alps today.