Issued: 0530hrs Monday, July 21 2014
Duty forecaster: John Ejdowski

Hot and Sunny across Iberia

Today
A hot day store for much of Europe with temperatures well into the 30s. Fine, dry day to come across England with sunny spells. Very unsettled across Germany, Holland, Belgium, central and southern parts of Germany, Switzerland, Austria, the Adriatic region and Italy. Here we expect plenty of heavy shower and scattered thunderstorms, merging into longer spells of rain across the Alps into southern Germany and Austria. For Finland, Russia, the Baltic States, Poland and Belarus, it will be very warm, dry and sunny. Some heavy showers will affect parts of the Ukraine. Showers will develop across parts of Sweden with Norway, dry and sunny. Lots of very warm sunshine is expected across Romania, Bulgaria, Greece and western Turkey. Eastern parts of Turkey will see some heavy showers developing through the day. Lots of fine weather to come across the Mediterranean and in across Spain and Portugal with sunny skies. A strong mistral be blowing across southern France with gusty winds expected through the central part of the Mediterranean.

Tuesday
It will remain fine and sunny and become very warm across England today. It remains unsettled across France with some heavy showers developing through the day. These will extend across the Alps into the Czech Republic, across much of the Adriatic Region and much of the Balkans. Showers be heavy the risk of thunder. Very showery as well across Italy today again expect some heavy thunderstorms. Most of Greece and Turkey should be very warm and sunny. Most of Germany along with the Low Countries, Poland, the Baltic states, Belarus and Russia should have a fine, dry, summery day. Lots of fine sunshine as well to come across Finland, Sweden, Norway and Denmark. It will remain quite windy from southern France down through Sardinia to Sicily. Another very warm to hot day across Europe with temperatures climbing above 40°C across southern Spain with all Iberia area sunny and dry.