Issued: 0530hrs Friday 15th July 2022
Duty forecaster: Garry Nicholson

Local thunderstorms for the eastern Alps

Friday
Hot and dry across much of central and southern Europe, with lots of sunshine for much of Spain and Portugal, although a chance of showers in northwest Iberia. Sunny across France and Italy, the Balkans and Greece. The Mediterranean islands will all bask in hot sunshine. A risk of thunderstorms across the Alps, especially for Austria. A few storms may also form across Romania and Ukraine, but well scattered and much of eastern Europe will stay dry.
Northern central Europe will be fresher, with some showers for northern Germany and Poland. Cool northwesterly winds prevail across Scandinavia where breezy and showery conditions are widespread for Norway, Sweden and Finland.

Saturday
High pressure is in charge over western Europe with extensively dry, hot and sunny weather. Temperatures in central Spain and Portugal will rise toward the mid-40s Celsius. Nearer to 30C around the immediate coasts. Also topping 40C in southern France, reaching the mid-30s for central France and high 30s for northern Italy. A risk of thunderstorms for Austria and the Balkan states. Hot and dry too across the Mediterranean and for Greece and Turkey too.
Very warm too for the Low Countries and southwest Germany, highs around 27C. Fresher for northern Germany and Czechia, where 20 to 23C. Showery, breezy and cooler for Poland and the Baltic States. Unsettled around the Baltic with some heavy rain for northern Sweden and Finland. Showers for western Norway, but bright and breezy for southern Norway and Denmark.