Issued: 0530hrs Tuesday 20th May 2014
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Unsettled across much of western Europe, an improvement in the east

Tuesday
While temperatures won't be as high across Spain and Portugal today, it looks quite warm across a good part of Europe. Expect and unsettled day with showers and some longer spells of rain to come across United Kingdom, northern and western parts of France across into Belgium and Holland. Southern parts of France be quite windy but dry. More cloud come across Spain and Portugal with the risk of showers these extends eastward across into Balearics. Apart from a few showers around the coasts, much of Germany and Denmark will be dry with sunny spells.
Scattered showers are forecast across the Alps and across parts of Italy. Austria, the Czech Republic and Poland should be fine and dry with sunny spells. Just the odd shower may develop across the Adriatic Region, otherwise it looks dry, sunny and very warm. A showery day to come across Norway and Sweden but dry with sunny spells for Finland. Some heavy showers scattered thunderstorms are possible across the Baltic. Fair and dry into Belarus. Eastern parts of the Ukraine along with Romania, Bulgaria, and eastern parts of the Ukraine. Greece and Turkey should be fine and dry. It will be quite windy from the Balearics towards Sardinia today.

Wednesday
More rain in northern and western Spain as well as Portugal on Wednesday, some of this heavy and thundery. Heavy showers for eastern Spain too, as well as the Balearics. Higher pressure bringing better weather to Italy and Greece. Fair conditions for Turkey with good spells of warm sunshine here.
Rain, some of it thundery in western France. Very warm with some showers in the Low Countries. Fair and sunny for Germany and Poland, and staying fine through Switzerland as well.
Dry with some sunshine in Denmark. and dry too for Sweden. Cloud and some showers in the Baltic States as well as Finland. Cloud and some showers affecting Norway.