Issued: 0530hrs Monday 24 August 2015
Duty forecaster: John Ejdowski
Warm and dry across the Mediterranean, Balkans
Today
A warm day to come across Europe. Heavy rain and strong winds will affect Britain. This rain spreads in Belgium in the morning then into Germany in the afternoon. Showers will affect France with sunny spells. Heavy showers will affect Belgium, Holland, Denmark and southern parts of Norway and Sweden in the afternoon with a risk of thunder. A number of heavy showers develop across northern parts of Italy with the south very warm and sunny. Warm, dry and sunny as well across the Adriatic Region, Romania, Poland, the Baltic States, Finland and the Ukraine. Still a few showers to come across eastern Turkey with the west dry and summery. For Spain and Portugal expect sunny spells with a few heavy showers. Very windy across the channel and northern France into the North Sea. A strong north west wind will also prevail from the Aegean Sea into Crete.
Monday
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.