Issued: 0530hrs Monday 16th August 2021
Duty forecaster: Alexi Venerus

Outbreaks of heavy rain affecting the Baltic region and Denmark.

Monday
Fine afternoon to come across much of Spain and Portugal with lots of sunshine and feeling very warm as well. It will be fine through the Balearics, Corsica and Sardinia. Most of Italy should be dry and sunny although there will be some heavy showers developing in the far north later. Greece and Turkey remained dry and hot with lots of sunshine.
A fresher day in much of central and northern France with broken clouds and some bright spells. Probably warmer across southern areas but rather breezy. A few showers in central France. The low countries and Germany will be breezy with some cloud and a risk of some rain affecting much of central and southern Germany. Poland is likely to be bright but there could be some rain in the far east. Hungary will have heavy thunderstorms and rain in the west, with a wet day in Austria. The precipitation more showery for Switzerland.
Wet and unsettled across Denmark where it will also be feeling cool. A wet day in the Baltic states with some heavy burst of rain, and this rain reaching southern Finland later in the day. Much of Sweden will be on settled with low-pressure bringing rain, some of it heavy. Cool and bright in much of Norway with some showers.

Tuesday
A dry and fine day for Spain, Portugal and the Balearics. Largely dry for Italy and the islands, although the odd developing shower cannot be completely ruled out across northern regions of Italy. A few thunderstorms across parts of mainland Greece but largely dry elsewhere here and feeling hot as well as across Turkey.
Some rain affecting the far northeast of France but largely dry and fine elsewhere. A relatively fresher feel again. A few showers affecting the Low Countries and Germany, some heavy, but largely dry. Showers could get as far south as Switzerland and Austria later on. Mostly dry and feeling hot across east Europe.
Low pressure sits over southern Sweden which will bring outbreaks of rain to south Sweden, rain and windy conditiond to Denmark as well as the Baltics, rain at times heavy. The rain also affecting southeast Norway and the far south of Finland. Largely dry elsewhere here.