Issued: 0530hrs Saturday 17th May 2014
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling
Very warm in southern and central Europe, rain to north
Saturday
A very warm day with good spells of sunshine through Spain and Portugal. There is the chance of a few showers over central parts of Spain. More sunshine for the Balearics and southern Italy as well as Greece and Turkey.
A fair and warm day in France. An odd shower through the Low Countries, but mainly dry here. More dry weather to come in Germany, but some cloud and rain through Poland. A few heavy showers in Austria and Hungary. Fair for Switzerland with more sunshine here.
Fair for Denmark with good spells of sunshine. Cloud and some rain in the Baltic States, but fine through Finland and sunny here. Showers across Norway, some of them heavy.
Sunday
A fine day across Spain and Portugal with lots of sunshine. There is the threat of a thundery showers forming across eastern Spain later. Some thundery showers through the Balearics. Fine, dry and sunny for Italy and Greece, with lots of dry weather and sunshine in Turkey too.
A very warm day in France with lots of sunshine here, and staying warm and dry through the Low Countries, Cloud and showery rain in eastern Germany, this rain heavy in Poland. Some cloud and showers for Hungary, but dry with sunny spells for Austria and Switzerland.
A fair day in Denmark, with some broken cloud in the Baltic States. fair in Finland with sunshine here. Some drizzle across southern Sweden, but fine to the north. Some good spells of sunshine in Norway.