Issued: 0530hrs Wednesday 24th August 2022
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Thundery northern Spain with further storms in eastern Mediterranean

Wednesday
Torrential thunderstorms in northern parts of Spain today. Fair in central and southern areas as well as through Portugal. Fair for the Balearics, Corsica and Sardinia as well as northern Italy. Southern Italy may have a few showers. Heavy thunderstorms in Greece. Some thunderstorms in western Turkey, fair in central and eastern areas.
Thunderstorms in southwest France. Fair elsewhere with sunny spells. More sunshine to come in the Low Countries. Germany will ba fair too with more sunshine here. Thunderstorms across Poland, extending into Hungary. Austria and Switzerland will be dry with sunny spells.
Denmark will be fair with lots of sunshine. Some thunderstorms in the Baltic States. Showers across Finland. Sweden will have a fine day with sunshine here. Some rain in southwest Norway. Fine elsewhere with sunshine.

Thursday
Showers continuing across the far north of Spain today. A few showers in the east but southern areas should be dry. The Balearics are likely to be fine too with some sunshine. Corsica and Sardinia should be bright and dry, a few showers in central parts of Italy. Greece may have some heavy showers and western Turkey will be seeing showers too. The east of Turkey should be dry and bright.
France will have some torrential showers in the south, but northern areas are likely to be dry with sunny spells. Broken cloud in the Low Countries with some thundery rain in eastern parts of Germany. Central and western parts of Germany should be dry. Hungary is going to be dry with some sunshine whilst Austria and Switzerland will be seeing some showers.
Denmark will have a fair day with plenty of sunshine here. More sunny spells for the Baltic States, although a scattering of showers. Finland will be dry with good spells of sunshine. Sweden should be dry too with plenty of sunshine. Some rain in western Norway and this will be heavy to the south.