Issued: 0530hrs Wednesday 31st July 2024
Duty forecaster: Dominik Majer

Heavy thunderstorms in central Europe, hot and dry south

Wednesday
Hot and dry with plenty of sunshine in Spain and Portugal. Italy will be dry too with hardly any clouds. Greece, Turkey and the Balkans are also going to be warm and dry, more sunshine to come here.
Showers and thunderstorms for northeastern parts of France, perhaps affecting Paris. Western and southern areas will be dry and sunny. Thundery also in Belgium and southern and western Germany, these thunderstorms extending into Switzerland and western Austria. Dry with patchy sun in the Netherlands and northern Germany. Toward Vienna, in Hungary, Poland, Czechia and Slovakia dry with sunshine.
Denmark will be dry and sunny throughout the day. Some showers to come in the Baltic States. Further showers for Finland, some of them heavy. Dry across much of Norway and Sweden but some heavy showers in the north.

Thursday
Constantly summer weather in southern Europe. Hot and dry with plenty of sunshine in Spain and Portugal. In Italy dry and hardly any clouds, only in the north some thundery showers possible in the Alps. Greece, Turkey and the Balkans will also stay warm, dry and sunny.
Dry and sunny for western and southern France, continuing thunderstorms or thundery showers in eastern France, Belgium and Switzerland. Paris Olympic Games may again be affected in the afternoon. Mostly dry in the Netherlands, perhaps except southern parts. Heavy thunderstorms in southern Germany, again dry and sunny in the north. Thunderstorms spreading into Austria and Czech Republic, perhaps affecting southern Poland and western Hungary. Generally dry, warm and sunny in Poland and Slovakia, hot in Hungary.
Lot of sunshine and dry for Denmark. Except for some showers in the north also dry witl little clouds in Norway and Sweden. Showers in Finland and in the Baltic Countries.