Issued: 0530hrs Wednesday 19th August 2020
Duty forecaster: Alexi Venerus

Mainly settled across Europe but more unsettled with rain to the north and far west. Some showers on Wednesday in eastern Europe.


Wednesday
Rain and high winds affecting northwest Spain and the far north of Portugal on Wednesday. Fair for the rest of Spain and Portugal with plenty of sunshine. Further sunshine across the central Mediterranean and into Italy. Greece will be fine overall, but some thunderstorms in the north. Fair and hot in Turkey with lots of sunshine here.
Rain will affect northern and western France, but mostly dry in the rest of the country. Increased cloud across Belgium and the Low Countries with rian expected during the afternoon. Germany will be largely fine with spells of sunshine. Some scattered showers for Poland but also with some sunshine. A fine day in Austria and Hungary as well as Switzerland.
Denmark will be dry and warm with plenty of sunshine. Dry across much of Norway and Sweden although with showers or longer spells of rain expected in southern Norway and parts of southern Sweden. Rain too across central and northern Finland but many places staying dry here. Some showers affect the Baltic States and Finland, these being heavy and thundery.

Thursday
Cloudy skies and patchy rain affecting northern and central Portugal as well as northwest Spain. Elsewhere across Spain and Portugal will be dry and fine with sunshine. It will be a dry day across the rest of the central Mediterranean as well as over Greece and Turkey with plenty of sunshine.
Largely dry for France, although windy for the far northwest tip and a few scattered showers over some northern regions. Becoming drier and brighter across Belgium and the Low Countries and mostly dry and fine for Germany although cloud and rain is expected in the northwest. Largely dry across Poland but with outbreaks of rain for eastern areas of Europe. Generally dry across the Alpine countries as well as through the Czech Republic and Croatia but with some scattered showers possible in the afternoon.
Weak low pressure over Scandinavia will bring largely cloudy skies to southern regions mainly with some brighter spells further north. Showery rain will affect mainly southern parts of Sweden and Norway but also central regions too as well as across central Finland. Wet with rain across Denmark. Largely dry however across the Baltic States.