Issued: 0530hrs Saturday 13th August 2011
Duty forecaster: John Ejdowski
Hot across Spain
Today
Heavy rain is expected across northern France into south eastern parts of England with heavy showers for central France, Belgium and Holland while heavy rain is likely across Denmark. Sunny and hot across Portugal, Spain, the Balearics into the south of France and Italy. Heavy showers to come across Norway and Sweden today. Sunny and dry across Finland, the Baltic States and Russia. Some heavy showers will affect eastern Poland and The Ukraine. Hot, dry and sunny weather will prevail across the former Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey.A fine day to come across Germany with sunny spells and fine across Austria and Switzerland.
Sunday
More rain to come across northern France, sunny and warm in the south. Rain too is expected across Belgium, Holland into Denmark and western Germany. Dry across eastern Germany into western Poland with sunny spells. More heavy showers will affect eastern parts of Poland and the Baltic States. Some rain too across Norway with a few showers and sunny spells for Sweden. Lots of sunshine is expected across Finland into Russia and very warm as well. This fine weather extends south across the Ukraine, into the former Yugoslavia, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey. Hot and sunny across Spain and Portugal and the Balearics today with sunny spells and just a few showers scattered across Italy.