Issued: 0530hrs Wednesday 21st May 2014
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling
Wet in western Europe, better to the east
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.
Thursday
Cloud and showers or rain affecting northern Spain and Portugal. Sunny spells across eastern and southern Spain and Portugal. Italy is going to be dry with sunny spells, and it will be staying fine through Greece as well. Dry and sunny across western Turkey but some thundery showers in the east.
An unsettled day in France with some showers, and the risk of longer spells of rain and strong winds in the west. Heavy showers for the Low Countries and northern Germany. fair for eastern Germany and Poland. A fair day in Austria and Hungary, although some showers for Switzerland.
Low pressure brings cloud and rain to Norway. A very warm day in Denmark with the chance of a thunderstorm later. Fine for the Baltic States and Finland with good spells of sunshine and staying dry too.