Issued: 0530hrs Tuesday 18th August 2020
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Heavy showers in the east, mainly fair in the west


Tuesday
Cloudy with outbreaks of rain over northern parts of Spain and Portugal though these fade through the day. Dry, hot and sunny to the south. Mostly dry and sunny for Italy though scattered thunderstorms develop over the Alps later. Largely dry, warm and sunny for Greece and Turkey too though isolated afternoon showers develop over Greece.
Scattered light showers affect much of France and the Low Countries though the far south of France stays dry and bright. Heavier showers develop over Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary, some of which will be locally quite heavy and thundery.
Cloudy with a band of rain spreading north over Denmark on Tuesday. Mostly dry and sunny for the Baltic States though cloud builds later over Lithuania with isolated showers here too. Mostly dry and fine for Norway, Sweden and Finland though localised showers could develop over central portions of Norway and Sweden through the afternoon.

Wednesday
Rain affecting northwest Spain 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 affects the far west of France, but mostly dry in the rest of the country. Increased cloud in the Low Countries. Germany will be fine with loong spells of sunshine. It will be staying fine in Poland too with more sunshine here. A fine day in Austria and Hungary as well as Switzerland.
Denmark will be dry and warm with plenty of sunshine. Southern Norway will be dry and sunny. Some showers affect the Baltic States and Finland, these being heavy and thundery. Showers in western Norway but dry and fair to the south.