Issued: 0530hrs Tuesday 1st July 2014
Duty forecaster: John Ejdowski
Showery across Scandinavia
Today
Fair and dry across much of United Kingdom. A number of showers, some heavy are likely to affect western half of France along with Belgium, Eastern parts of Germany, eastern parts of Poland and Holland, Denmark, Norway and Sweden. Most of Germany should be dry with sunny spells except for a few heavy showers along the north coast. Western parts of Poland and eastern parts of the Ukraine should be dry and sunny. Eastern parts of France will also fine and dry. A few sharp showers also forecast across Portugal with much of Spain dry, sunny and very warm. Generally fine and dry with sunny spells across the Balearics into Corsica, Sardinia, most of Italy, Greece and Turkey. Lots of fine weather to come across the Adriatic region along with Bulgaria, Romania, Austria, the Czech Republic and Hungary. An area of heavy rain and showers is forecast for Finland down through the Baltic States into western parts of the Ukraine and eastern parts of Poland. A strong westerly wind will be blowing through the Straits of Gibraltar. The hottest temperatures today will be found across southern Spain across Greece, Turkey and southern Russia.
Wednesday
Expect heavy showers across the far north of Spain, otherwise much of Spain be fine and dry in this fine weather extends across the Balearics into Corsica, Sardinia, Italy, the Adriatic Region, Greece and Turkey. Lots of sunshine to is expected across Bulgaria up into Romania, Hungary, the Ukraine and Belarus. Frequent and heavy showers with the risk of thunderstorms are forecast for southern half of France across the Alps into Austria and the Czech Republic. Most of Germany, Belgium, Holland, Denmark and England looks to have a fine, dry day with sunny spells. Very showery across much of Scandinavia today and some of the showers will be heavy with the risk of thunder. Much of Poland should be fair and dry but in the afternoon a few showers develop across eastern Poland and also across the Baltic States and Russia where they will become heavy with the risk of thunder. It remains quite windy through the Straits of Gibraltar and also across the eastern Mediterranean.