Issued: 0530hrs Sunday 1st September 2024
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Heavy thunderstorms central Europe, mainly fair Scandinavia

Sunday
Showers in the east and north of Spain today. Fair for most other areas with good spells of sunshine. More sunshine to come across the Balearics as well as through Italy and most of Greece. Turkey will have thunderstorms and some of these could be heavy.
Sunny spells and showers for France. The Low Countries may have some showers whilst Germany will be dry and sunny. Poland stays fair, more sunshine here but some showers in the far south. Hungary, Austria and Switzerland will have thunderstorms, torrential at times.
Denmark will be dry with good spells of sunshine. Showers affecting central Sweden and these extend to the Baltic States and Finland. Northern Sweden will be dry with sunshine. Norway is dry too with plenty of sunshine throughout.

Monday
Torrential showers and thunderstorms northern and eastern Spain. Better for the west and through Portugal. Scattered showers in the Balearics. Heavy showers forming in central Italy whilst Greece remains dry with plenty of sunshine. Scattered showers again in Turkey.
France should be mostly fair, although some showers in the east. Further bursts of thundery rain extend from the Low Countries, through Switzerland and Austria. Germany is fair in the north although scattered showers in the south. Poland should be mostly fair. Hungary and Austria will have some showers and these could be thundery.
Denmark is going to have a fair day with more sunshine here. Scattered showers for the Baltic States but some sunshine too. Heavier showers in northern Sweden, some rain in eastern Finland. Most of Norway should be dry with sunny spells.