Issued: 0530hrs Thursday 20th August 2015
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling
Fine and dry Scandinavia, very warm southern Europe
Thursday
A fair day to come over Spain and Portugal. Plenty of sunshine here and feeling very warm too. More sunshine in the Balearics and also through Italy. Greece will be dry with sunny spells and it should stay dry across Turkey too.
Some cloud and light rain across northern parts of France, but for most of the country it should be dry with sunny spells. Scattered showers in the Low Countries and Germany, but dry for most areas with more sunshine. Breezy in Poland and dry here. Staying dry and bright over Switzerland and Hungary with further sunny spells.
High pressure brings fine and dry weather in Denmark with plenty of sunshine. Dry too with further spells of sunshine across the Baltic States and Finland. Sweden and Norway stay dry and sunny as well as warm.
Friday
Scattered showers in Spain and Portugal on Friday but the vast majority stay dry and sunny as well as very warm. Remaining warm and sunny in the Balearics. Italy will be very warm with plenty of sunshine, but a few heavy showers inland. Fine and sunny in Greece and Turkey.
Fine with good spells of sunshine for France. Very warm here too. Scattered showers in the Low Countries. Fine for much of Germany with plenty of sunshine and staying sunny across Poland too. Dry for Austria, Switzerland and Hungary with plenty of sunshine here.
High pressure continues to bring plenty of sunshine to the Baltic States and Finland. Fine weather staying across Sweden with lots of sunshine. Similar weather for Norway with lots of sunshine here too and staying dry.