Issued: 0530hrs Thursday 11th July 2019
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Thunderstorms in central Europe, staying cold in Scandinavia


Thursday
A fine day across Portugal and Spain with plenty of sunshine. It will be staying warm and sunny for the Balearics and Corsica too. Dry for most of Italy with sunshine, although some showers could affect the far south. Greece should be hot and sunny, whilst some showers trouble northern Turkey.
Fine in western France with lots of sunshine here, but some showery rain in the east. Showers developing in the Low Countries and Germany. Poland should be cool but dry. Fair for Hungary but thundery showers forming in Austria and Switzerland.
Dry in Denmark with sunny spells. Scattered showers and chilly in the Baltic States, but staying dry with more sunshine in Finland. Norway and Sweden will be chilly with sunny spells.

Friday
Fine with lots of sunshine in Portugal and Spain. More sunshine and hot weather in the Balearics, Corsica and Sardinia. Fair across Italy and hot here, although some showers in the far north. reece should be dry with lots of sunshine and it will be hot and sunny in southern Turkey. Some showers in northern Turkey.
Showers and outbreaks of rain in northern France, but fair in central and southern parts. Heavy showers and thunderstorms extend through the Low Countries and into Germany and Switzerland. Eastern Germany and Poland will be drier and brighter with sunny spells. Hungary should be dry, but the Czech republica, Slovakia, Austria and Switzerland will have torrential thunderstorms.
Sunny spells and scattered showers in Denmark. A few showers too in the Baltic States where it will be cold too. Chilly in Finland with some sunny spells. Further scattered showers in Sweden and Norway, although much dry weather here.