Issued: 0530hrs Thursday 22nd August 2019
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Fine and warm Mediterranean, cloud and rain in northern Europe


Thursday
Plenty of warm sunshine over Spain and Portugal on Thursday. More sunshine in Majorca, Ibiza and Menorca. Some showers for Corsica and Sardinia, these affecting northern Italy as well. Greece should be fine with good spells of sunshine. Staying fine across Turkey with more sunshine here as well.
Lots of sunshine and fair weather in France. A few showers to the southeast. The Low Countries and Germany should be warm with good spells of sunshine. Fine too in Poland with more sunshine throughout. Showers in Hungary, Austria and Switzerland.
Rain in Denmark, this heavy into the south of Norway and southern Sweden. The Baltic States should be dry with good spells of sunshine. Isolated showers affecting Finland. Fine in northern Parts of Sweden and much of Norway.

Friday
Lots of sunshine and fine weather through Spain and Portugal. Plenty of sunshine too in the Balearics as well as Italy. Greece and Turkey should be mostly dry although an isolated heavy showers can't be ruled out over the mountains in the afternoon.
Good spells of sunshine in much of France but some cloud to the east. Clouding over in the Low Countries. Germany should be fair with good periods of sunshine. Poland will have lots of sunshine and should stay dry through the day. Some cloud in Switzerland, Austria and Hungary but dry here.
Rain, some of it heavy in Denmark and southwestern Sweden. Fine with high pressure bringing sunshine to the Baltic States. A shower or two in Finland but fair in northern Sweden. Norway will gave rai to the south, some showers in the north.