Issued: 0530hrs Thursday 3rd July 2014
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling
Thundery central and southern Europe
Thursday
Very warm and dry with sunny spells across England, northern France, Belgium, Holland and Germany. Some heavy, possibly thundery showers will develop across Portugal, Spain and the western half of France and also across the Alps. Warm and sunny weather is expected from the Balearics across into Sardinia, Italy, into the Adriatic Region, Greece and Turkey. Dry and sunny as well across Poland, the Czech Republic, Austria, Hungary and most of Romania and Bulgaria.
An area of heavy showers and persistent rain may affect parts of the Baltic States, Belarus and western parts of the Ukraine. Eastern parts of the Ukraine along with Russia should be dry. It remains quite showery with some heavy showers are risk of thunderstorms across Norway, Sweden and Finland. It looks quite windy across central eastern half of the Mediterranean today.
Friday
Fair through Spain and Portugal today. Sunshine too for the Balearics, but some heavy showers in northern Italy. Central and southern Italy will be dry with good spells of sunshine. Staying dry across Greece, although breezy in Turkey but dry.
Heavy thundery showers affecting much of central and western France, with thunderstorms for Switzerland too. Fair with sunshine in the Low Countries and Germany as well as Poland.
A fine day for Denmark with sunny spells, and staying fair across Sweden. Plenty of sunshine for Norway, although a few showers in the north. Plenty of sunshine for the Baltic States with heavy showers across Finland.