Issued: 0530hrs Saturday 25th August 2018
Duty forecaster: David Hulse

High temperatures maintained in the south and east but cooler and fresher across northern and central parts


Saturday
Still a scattering of showers, in the far north of Spain and the Balearics but most of Portugal and Spain will remain dry with a good deal of sunshine. Rain or showers in Corsica, Sardinia and the southwest of Italy will turn lighter and less frequent but showers will break out over the rest of Italy and the Adriatic, with some heavy, thundery rain in the north. Plenty of sunshine for Greece and Turkey and mostly dry with only isolated showers in Greece.
Showers for France, the Low Countries and the north of Germany but these mostly light with spells of sunshine developing. Heavy, thundery downpours for Southern Germany and Poland, Switzerland, Austria and Central Europe but staying dry over towards the Black Sea coast.
Occasional rain or showers across Scandinavia and the Baltic States but becoming less widespread with spells of sunshine developing away from Western Norway
Temperatures in the high teens to low 20s across the north and extending down into western and some central areas but the south and east will continue to see values in the high 20s to low 30s and locally exceeding 35C.

Sunday
Dry and sunny for most of Portugal, Spain and the Balearics, with just perhaps an isolated light shower in the east. Corsica and Sardinia become dry but with showers developing over Italy and the Adriatic, some heavy, thundery rain in the north. More in the way of showers for Greece but Turkey stays dry with a good deal of sunshine.
SBlue skies and dry for most of France but rain moves into the north of France and the Low Countries later. Some light showers in the far north of Germany and heavy, perhaps thundery rain in the south of Poland, otherwise dry with spells of sunshine. Thunderstorms and heavy rain over Switzerland Austria at first move away southeast into central and southeastern parts of Europe but further east, towards the Black Sea coast it stays dry and sunny.
Sunshine and showers across Scandinavia and the Baltic States, with more widespread rain into Southern Norway and, perhaps, Denmark later.
The heat persists across the Southern Mediterranean and into the east but with cooler, fresher conditions extending down from the north into western and most central areas.