Issued: 0530hrs Sunday 26th August 2018
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Warm and fair across most of Europe, some showers far west and far east


Sunday
Dry and sunny for most of Portugal, Spain and the Balearics, with just perhaps an isolated light shower in the east. Corsica and Sardinia become dry but with showers developing over Italy and the Adriatic, some heavy, thundery rain in the north. More in the way of showers for Greece but Turkey stays dry with a good deal of sunshine. SBlue skies and dry for most of France but rain moves into the north of France and the Low Countries later. Some light showers in the far north of Germany and heavy, perhaps thundery rain in the south of Poland, otherwise dry with spells of sunshine. Thunderstorms and heavy rain over Switzerland Austria at first move away southeast into central and southeastern parts of Europe but further east, towards the Black Sea coast it stays dry and sunny. Sunshine and showers across Scandinavia and the Baltic States, with more widespread rain into Southern Norway and, perhaps, Denmark later. The heat persists across the Southern Mediterranean and into the east but with cooler, fresher conditions extending down from the north into western and most central areas.

Monday
Some thundery showers over eastern Spain on Monday. Mostly fair for the rest of Portugal and Spain with more sunshine. Fair for the Balearics, Corsica and Sardinia as well asmost of Italy. Heavy thunderstorms forming in Greece whilst Turkey is mostly dry apart from an ocasional shower.
France will be fine and warm, lots of sunshine here. Cooler in the Low Countries with the risk of a shower. Rain in northern Germany but fair to the south. Poland and Hungary will be dry with sunny spells. Staying dry and warm in Austria and Switzerland.
Breezy with rain in Denmark. Fair in the Baltic States whilst staying dry and fine in Finland. Rain in southern Norway but fair to the north. More rain i the far south of Norway whilst most other areas stay dry.