Issued: 0530hrs Friday 12th July 2024
Duty forecaster: John

Saturday 13th
Cloudy and cool for France, France,UK Belgium through Germany to Austria, across to Denamrk, into Sweden and Norway including Estonia to Ukraine with a mix of sunshine and showers, along with periods of heavy often prolonged rain which moves northward from Belgium Belgium trhough the morning into Denmark and later during the afternoon trhough to the evening southern Sweden and Norway, later into Estonia and surrounding Baltic locations, 15 to 20C generally. Showers and sunny spells across France, into Switzerland and Austria though to Czech, Hungary to Romania through the morning and into the afternoon, 18 to 20C, showers will tend to ease central and southern France and Alpine locations within Austria and Switzerland, later clearing across Germany to Latvia. Portugal and Spain dry sunny and hot, high UV, likely scattered thunderstorm throug the afternoon lingering into the eveing for south-east Spain and across to northern Italy, else Italy dry and sunny and hot 25 to 30C. Slovenia to Greece mainly dry though scattered thunderstorms through the afternoon and evening, hot near 30C with high UV especially with height and near coastal locations.

Sunday 14th July
A mix of rain and thundery showers to start across Romania Romania and into Bulgaria these easing through the morning, whilst showers become frequent and widespread Switzerland, Luxembourg, to Hungary during the afternoon and into the evening 20 to 25C with high UV.For Spain and Portugal Portugal, acroos France to Italy including Austria mainly dry and suuny becoming hot with increasing humidity near 30C and high UV. Hot with scattered thundery showers southern Italy, across Bosnia to Albania into Greece and Turkey. An area of cloud and rain moving from Atlantic fringing coastal Portugal and northeast Spain, later northwest France.Some prolonged and often heavy spells of rain continuing for Belgium to Denmark to Sweden and Norway and into Latvia Latviaand Estonia, remainig cool 15 to 18C.