Issued: 0530hrs Saturday 14th August 2021
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Hot southern Mediterranean but much cooler north with rain and showers

Saturday
An isolated shower affecting the north of Spain today, otherwise Iberia will be dry and very warm with sunny spells. More sunshine to come in the Mediterranean, across Italy Greece and Turkey. It will be hot in these areas too.
France and the Low Countries will have a fine day, again with lots of sunshine. Staying fine across Germany and Poland with more sunshine here. Hungary should be dry and sunny, with the sunshine continuing across Austria. A few showers affecting Switzerland.
Cloud and rain over Denmark. Rather cloudy through the Baltic States with the chance of a few showers. Further showers and some sunny spells in Finland. Mostly fair in central and northern Sweden, but some showers to the south. Heavy showers in central and southern Norway, fair to the north.

Sunday
Plenty of sunshine for Spain and Portugal today. Further sunshine in the central Mediterranean too. Italy will be fine with more sunshine and well be very warm. Greece will have sunshine too, as will Turkey and it will be staying very warm or even hot here.
Sunny spells for much of France although some thunderstorms in the southeast. Cloud and some showery rain in the Low Countries and the far north of Germany. Much of the rest of Germany will be dry and bright with sunny spells, Poland will be dry too with some more sunshine to come here. Showers in Hungary with thunderstorms in Austria and Switzerland.
More cloud and rain affecting Denmark. Some showers in the Low Countries with more persistent rain, wind and cool weather for Finland. Brighter Sweden with sunny spells and dry. Further rain, some heavy in southern Norway, brighter in the north.