Issued: 0530hrs Thursday 8th August 2024
Duty forecaster: Dominik Majer

Sunny and hot in Mediterranean, showers north of the Alps and in Scandinavia

Thursday
Dry, sunny day in Portugal, hot and starting sunny, later showery clouds developing over central mountains for Spain and Italy. Similar for Greece, Albania and southern Turkish coast.
Patchy sun and dry for France, the Low Countries, Germany and Czechia. Thunderstorms in southern Germany, western Austria and eastern Switzerland. Cloudy with rain bands moving through Poland, Slovakia and Hungary from west to east. Mostly dry in Romania, Ukraine and northern Balkans.
Dry and mostly sunny in Denmark, rain in western Norway and eastern Sweden, more often sunny in central parts of both countries. Dry and starting sunny in Finland and the Baltic Countries.

Friday
Hot & sunny weather continues in Portugal and Spain, including the islands. Sunny and mostly dry, but locally showers in Italy. Sunny and warm in Greece, Turkey and most of the Balkans.
Sunny and warm in France. Progressively cloudier from Belgium to northern Germany, here and in the Netherlands some showers. Sunny and mostly dry in southern Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Czech Republic. Partly cloudy but dry in Poland. Showers, locally may be heavy in Romania, Ukraine and the Baltic Countries.
Heavy, persistent rain in Denmark, Norway and Sweden, cool with hardly any sun here. Windy. Mostly dry but cloudy with local showers in Finland.