Issued: 0530hrs Wednesday 18th August 2021
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Staying hot in central and southern Europe, much cooler Scandinavia

Wednesday
Fair through Spain and Portugal. Plenty of sunshine here and feeling very warm too. More sunshine through the Balearics, Corsica and Sardinia. A few showers in southern Italy but fine to the north. Lots of sunshine and very warm weather in Greece.
France will be bright and dry with sunny spells. A scattering of showers for the Low Countries and northern Germany. Poland will be fair with sunny spells, but some showers in the far north. Hungary and Austria should be dry with lots of sunshine. Staying fair for Switzerland.
Cool and breezy in Denmark with a few showers. Windy and wet for the Baltic States. Finland is going to be chilly and unsettled with more rain here. Sweden will have some rain in the north and east but will be drier to the south. For Norway the day will be cool with a mix of sunshine and showers.

Thursday
Lots of sunshine across Spain and Portugal on Thursday. There is a risk of a thunderstorm affecting northeastern Spain later. Mallorca and Menorca as well as Ibiza should be staying dry with more sunshine. Corsica and Sardinia stay fine and sunny. Scattered showers in central and southern Italy, otherwise it is dry and sunny here. Greece and Turkey will be hit and sunny again.
France should have a fine day with lots of sunshine. The Low Countries has a day of broken cloud but should be dry. Some rain in the far north of Germany and Poland but fair elsewhere in these countries. Hungary should be dry but some showers may affect Austria and Switzerland.
Cool in Denmark with some sunny spells and an odd shower. More persistent rain and showers affecting the Baltic States. Finland will be cold and windy with frequent heavy showers. Some sunshine for much of Sweden although some showers affect the south. Rain in northern and western Norway, cold and windy here too. Drier to the south.