Issued: 0530hrs Sunday 21st August 2011
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling
Wet across northern Europe, fair to the south
Sunday
Some thundery showers to come across Portugal and Spain on Sunday. Much of the Mediterranean should be fair though with good spells of sunshine. Italy, Greece and Turkey all enjoying some summer sunshine and very warm temperatures too.
Southern France, Switzerland, Austria and Hungary should all be fair with good spells of sunshine. The north of France, the Low Countries and Germany will have thundery showers, and these will be heavy at times.
Denmark has cloud and some outbreaks of rain, these affecting western parts of Norway. Fair over Sweden with sunny spells here. Showers for Finland and the Baltic States.
Monday
More showery rain affecting the west of Portugal on Monday. Heavy and thundery showers affecting central and eastern Spain. Torrential thundery showers affecting much of France. Cloud and rain through the Low Countries and northern Germany as well as northern Poland.
Switzerland and Austria will be prone to the thundery showers too, as will Hungary. Italy should be fair with lots of sunshine, and this sunshine extends into Italy, Greece and Turkey.
Heavy rain through the Baltic States and the south of Sweden . Some showers across western Norway with a few showers for eastern Sweden. The Baltic States and Finland will have showery bursts of rain.