Issued: 0530hrs Monday 8th July 2024
Duty forecaster: Garry Nicholson

Isolated afternoon showers

Monday
Fine and warm through Spain and Portugal, though a risk of rain later in the far northwest of Iberia. Heavy rain affects the Brittany region of France, but most of the country stays dry.
Fine weather across the Mediterranean, including Italy and Greece with hot sunshine. Local showers for the Alps by afternoonmostly Austria and northern Italy. Fine and dry for most of Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands during the day. Isolated showers toward northern Germany and for Denmark.
Thundery rain for the east of Poland and into Belarus, also Slovakia, drier in the west of Poland. Showery too for much of Norway and Sweden, but less windy than Sunday. Drier for Finland with sunny spells.

Tuesday
Showery rain for northern Portugal and northwest Spain. Staying sunny and warm for southern Iberia and the western Mediterranean. Italy and Greece also hot and largely dry, chance of isolated late afternoon showers. One or two showers popping up for the Alps and Balkan mountains.
Low pressure and fronts to the northwest brings rain to north and western France, heavy rain sweeping into Belgium, later the Netherlands. Dry for central, south and eastern France. A fine day for Germany, high cloud building in western areas. Warm and sunny for Czechia and Poland. Local showers for Slovakia and Hungary.
Heavy showers for Finland, local showers for northern Norway and Sweden, but most of southern Norway and Sweden will be dry. A little rain possible for Denmark.