Issued: 0530hrs Thursday 30th August 2018
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Fair across much of Europe with rain in central areas


Thursday
Local showers for eastern Spain, but much of Iberia stays hot and dry, highs 35 to 38C. Nearer 20 to 25C on the north coast of Spain. Less hot for France, 22 to 25C central-northern areas, but still reaching 30C in the south. Thundery for the Alps. A few showers for Italy, but also plenty of warm sunshine, and topping 30C. Overnight rain should fade from Germany, leaving brightening skies and a fresh day, 19 to 22C. Humid for Poland, 23 to 27C. Hot and dry for east and south-eastern Europe, 31 to 33C in Hungary, southern Romania and Greece. A front moves east across Scandinavia, bringing rain to Sweden. Norway should be mostly dry, with scattered showers in the west. Breezy and fresh for Denmark, 18C. Warm and most likely dry for Finland and the Baltic states, 21 to 23C.

Friday
Some thunderstorms in eastern Spain today. Fair for the rest of Spain and Portugal with further spells of sunshine. Fine for Corsica and Sardinia. Scattered showers in Italy with some sunny spells between. A fair day to come with lots of sunshine in Greece and Turkey.
France is fair with more sunshine, just some scattered showers in the east. The Low Countries and most of Germany should be dry with more sunshine. Poland also has god sunny spells although som cloud and showers affect Austria and Hungary with torrential thudnerstorms in Switzerland.
Fair with sunshine in southern Norway and Denmark. Fair for the Baltic States. Showers in the Baltic States. Wet in Sweden with cloud and rain throughout. Showers or rain in central and northern parts of Norway.