Issued: 0530hrs Friday 26th August 2022
Duty forecaster: Jon Tweedlie

Heavy showers and thunderstorms down Italy, the Alps and the Balkans

Friday
Thunderstorms developing again across eastern areas of Spain later in the day, these reaching the Balearic islands. Windy in the north too. Otherwise dry and fine across Spain and Portugal. Scattered, heavy showers across Italy into Sicily and Corsica. Largely dry across Sardinia. A few developing showers for Greece but mostly dry and fine with sunshine here. Heavy showers affecting Turkey.
Showers becoming confined to the east with again torrential showers in the far south. Elsewhere here, dry with sunny spells. Mostly dry across the Low Countries. Heavy showers affecting much of Germany and Denmark into Austria and Switzerland and northern Italy. Czechia too will see heavy showers. Largely dry across Poland and Hungary.
Heavy rain easing across Norway. Dry with sunny spells through Sweden, Finland and the Baltic states thanks to high pressure close by.

Saturday
Portugal and western Spain will see temperatures averaging low 30s throughout the day. On the north-west regions there is an likelihood of strong winds on the coast. In the eastern regions of Spain and Mallorca, there is the increasing possibility of rain and increased cloud cover towards the evening.
France is expecting a mostly fine day with widespread temperatures averaging high 20s, although areas on the south and western coastlines may reach low 30s.Switzerland and much of Italy will see heavier showers and thunderstorms develop as the day progresses. Germany is set to see a mostly dry and cooler day with some north eastern areas expecting rain in the morning although this should progress eastwards into Poland as the day goes on. This precipitation is unlikely to reach the eastern countries of Belarus and Ukraine where temperatures increase to low 30s by midday.
Showers throughout the day for Sweden, although these move into the Baltic by the later afternoon. Norway seems to largely avoid any significant rainfall in the central regions, however, a light and persistent rain is expected in the north.