Issued: 0530hrs Tuesday 25th August 2015
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Staying fine in the Mediterranean, more unsettled with cloud and rain to the north


Tuesday
Very warm and summery across Iberia eastward across Italy into eastern Europe and north into Finland and Sweden. Another wet day to come across England with heavy rain. Heavy showers to affect northern France with Belgium and Holland staying dry until evening while showers affect Denmark. Another area of heavy rain will fall across Norway, Sweden and Poland.
Further heavy showers with scattered thunderstorms will affect the Alps, The Adriatic Region with a few also across parts of northern Italy and Austria. Along with the Czech Republic. Lots of warm sunshine will be on offer for Portugal, Spain, central and Southern parts of France and this extends across the Balearics, Corsica, Sardinia into southern Italy, Greece, most of Turkey, Romania, The Ukraine, Russia, The Baltic Region and Finland. Windy across Biscay into the channel and the North Sea. Strong north to north west winds will persist through the Aegean Sea to Crete.

Wednesday
Fine for much of Portugal and Spain with good spells of sunshine and feeling very warm too. A fair day across the Balearics and much of Italy, although showers could be heavy in the south. Sunshine and very warm still in Greece and Turkey.
Cloud and rain in northern and western France, but sunny spells and dry elsewhere. More rain for the Low Countries, but dry with sunny spells across Germany. Poland should be dry too with lots of sunshine. Austria, Hungary and Switzerland remain dry with further spells of sunshine.
Cloud and rain in much of southern and western Norway. Dry and fair in Denmark with more sunshine. Mostly dry for the Baltic States with sunny spells here. Cloudier with some showery bursts of rain in Finland. Staying dry with some sunshine in Sweden.