Issued: 0530hrs Wednesday 12th May 2021
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Staying unsettled with heavy, thundery showers in central Europe

Wednesday
Heavy showers and some rain in northern Spain today. Drier in central and southern areas with some sunshine. Fais through the central Mediterranean Islands. Showers in Italy, more frequent and heaviest in the north. Greece and Turkey should be dry with sunny spells.
Heavy showers and disturbed weather in France. The showers will be heavy and thundery at times. Further heavy showers in the Low Countries with heavy and prolonged showers in central and southern Germany. Further heavy showers or rain in southern Poland but fair in the north. Thundery rain in Hungary and Austria, Showers, some of them heavy too in Switzerland.
Sunny spells and some showers in Denmark. Fair for much of the Baltic States and Finland with sunny spells. Further sunshine to come across Sweden. Heavy showers in central Sweden and Norway, although the western coasts of Norway will be drier ad brighter.

Thursday
Heavy showers across central and northernSpain as well as northern Portugal. Southern Spain and Portugal will be dry and sunny. Scattered showers for the Balearics. Fair for Corsica and Sardinia. Scattered showers, heaviest in the north. Greece will be dry with lots of sunshine. Remaining dry with plenty of sunshine in Turkey.
France will be disturbed again with heavy showers and thunderstorms. Prolonged spells of thundery rain in the Low Countries as well as Germany. Staying showery across Poland, especially in the south. Much of Hungary and Austria as well as Switzerland will be staying showery, thunderstorms in places.
Sunny spells and scattered showers for Denmark. Heavy showers across the Baltic States. Fine for Finland with sunny spells. Sweden will have sunny spells and a few showers. A fair day in Norway with more sunshine here.