Issued: 0530hrs Saturday 24th August 2024
Duty forecaster: Filotas Paschos

Anticyclone extends over Central Europe.

Saturday
Mostly sunny and warm over Portugal, but some coastal cloud and isolated showers are possible. Afternoon showers for Spain, otherwise sunny and warm. Heavy showers for France, and frequent showers for Ireland and Scotland, but drier over the rest of the British Isles. Heavy rain for the Low Countries. Germany will see a dry sunny start but rain spreads east later. A dry and rather warm day for Poland. Heavy rain for Denmark, Norway and Sweden. Some rain for Finland, soon clearing. Mostly dry and sunny for the Baltic States, Belarus and Ukraine.
Starting sunny and warm for Switzerland but some heavy showers are expected later. The rest of Central Europe will experience sunny and warm weather conditions due to the anticyclone spreading east. Rather hazy skies but very warm over the Balkans.
A sunny and warm day for the Mediterranean with only a few afternoon showers for Sardinia and Corsica. Scattered afternoon showers for Turkey, these heavy in southeast.

Sunday
Sunny and warm for Portugal. Showers in north Spain, and afternoon heavy showers elsewhere, otherwise dry and warm. Some heavy showers in southeast France, otherwise sunny. Showers or longer spells of rain for northwest British Isles, drier brighter elsewhere. Mostly dry and bright for the Low Countries. Some early showers for Germany but soon dry and bright. A dry bright morning for Poland, but some showers developing later. Bright with showers for Denmark, Norway and Sweden. Heavy shower for Finland, and the Baltic States. Dry, sunny and warm for Belarus and Ukraine.
Heavy showers over Switzerland, gradually spreading over Austria in the morning, and then over Czechia, Slovakia and Hungary through the afternoon. Slovenia and Romania as well as the Balkans will remain dry with sunshine.
Mostly dry and sunny over the Mediterranean, with only a few showers of Greece, Turkiye and Cyprus.