Issued: 0530hrs Sunday 16th August 2020
Duty forecaster: Claire Darbinyan

Thunderstorms affect central portions of Europe in the coming days


Sunday
Fair through Spain and Portugal with plenty of sunshine and a few showers over northern coasts and hills. The Balearics will have more sunshine and fine conditions whilst Italy also will have sunshine. Greece will be dry and sunny with more sunshine but breezy conditions in Turkey.
Sunny spells and scattered showers in France. Further scattered showers for the Low Countries and Germany. Heavy thunderstorms in Austria and Hungary as well as Switzerland.
Fine with plenty of sunshine in Denmark and the Baltic States. Sunshine too in Finland as well as across Sweden. Norway will have further sunshine and dry conditions, but some rain and wind affecting northern regions.

Monday
Outbreaks of rain and showers, some heavy, spread into northwest Spain and northern Portugal on Tuesday. Staying dry and sunny to the south and east. Further dry and sunny conditions for the Balearic Islands and Italy though a few thunderstorms could develop over the Alps later. Hot, dry and sunny in Greece and Turkey.
Sunny spells and scattered showers again in France, these mainly focussed to the west. Fair for the Low Countries with isolated showers here. Heavy thunderstorms develop over Germany, Switzerland, Austria, southern Poland, Slovakia and Hungary. Scattered showers for the Czech Republic and dry with some sunny spells for northern Poland.
Another fine day for Denmark though thunderstorms may develop to the southwest later. Dry and fine for the Baltic States. Cloud increases over southern parts of Norway and Sweden with isolated thunderstorms developing over Norway. Dry and sunny for central regions and for much of Finland. Far northern portions of Norway, Sweden and Finland are breezy with scattered outbreaks of rain.