Issued: 0530hrs Tuesday 24th July 2018
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Hot and sunny western Mediterranean, heavy showers to the east


Tuesday
Isolated showers in northern Spain on Tuesday. Fair for most of the rest of Iberia with plenty of sunshine. Very warm and sunny in the Balearics as wel as in Italy. Scattered heavy showers in Greece but fair in southern Turkey although some thunderstorms in the north.
France will have some heavy showers in the north although central and southern areas will be dry. The Low Countries will be seeing a few showers, although Germany should be dry with sunny spells. Fair in Hungary but some thunderstorms for Austria and Switzerland.
Denmark will be dry with lots of sunshine although a few showers trouble the Baltic States. Finland has a dry day with lots of sunshine and it stays fine in Sweden as well. Heavy showers in Norway, some thunderstorms too.

Wednesday
Hot and dry in Spain and Portugal on Wednesday. Plenty of sunshine in the Balearics where it will be hot too. Italy will have a hot and sunny day. Scattered thunderstorms in Greece and western Turkey, although the beach resorts should be dry.
Showers in eastern France but fair to to the west. Fine through the Low Countries with good spells of sunshine. A fair day in Germany, more sunshine to coe here. Heavy showers in eastern Poland, a risk of thunderstorms. Fair for Hungary and Austria although thunderstorms developing in Switzerland.
Denmark will have an isolated shower whilst Sweden should be dry with lots of sunshine. More sunshine and dry weather to come in the Baltic States and Finland. Norway should be mostly dry although a few showers may affect coasts.