Issued: 0530hrs Saturday 6th August 2011
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling
Cloud and rain in the north and west of Europe, but staying fine and sunny to the south
Saturday
Rain affecting the north of Spain and western France on Saturday. central and southern Spain, as well as Portugal should be fine with good spells of sunshine. More sunshine across central and eastern parts of the Mediterranean; Italy, Greece and Turkey all enjoying hot summer days with lots of sun.
Central and northern France will be cloudier with some outbreaks of rain here. The Low Countries and Germany will be fair with more sunny spells. Heavy showers across eastern Poland, some of these affecting Hungary. Austria and Switzerland should be fair with lots of sunshine and warm here.
Low pressure over Scandinavia brings some showers to Norway and Sweden. Denmark should be mainly dry with sunny spells. Some showers moving through the Baltic States, with hazy sunshine and dry weather in Finland.
Sunday
There could be some cloud affecting tuhe western coasts of Portugal on Sunday. Through most of the rest of Portugal and Spain there will be lots of sunshine and it should be dry too. Staying dry and sunny through the Balearics and Italy, and this sunshine extending into Turkey and Greece too.
Across central Europe there will be some sunshine through France, although this hazy in the south. More sunshine in the Low COuntries and Germany as well as Switzerland. Some rain in central and eastern Poland, breezy here too. Some showers and rain over Austria and Hungary.
Low pressure brings cloud and some showers through France. Southern parts of Norway and Sweden will be cloudy with some outbreaks of rain. There will be cloud and rain through Finland and this extends through the Baltic States too. The north of Sweden and Norway should stay dry with sunny spells.