Issued: 0530hrs Friday 9th September 2016
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Showers for Italy & Greece, fair to the north


Friday
Thundershowers developing in northern Spain today, but overall it should be dry and sunny. Staying fine across Portugal too. The chance of a few showers in Corsica and Sardinia in the afternoon, as well as central and southern Italy. Greece will also have a risk of some thunderstorms, although fine weather across Turkey with lots of sunshine here.
Plenty of sunshine and dry weather across France and warm here too. More sunshine and fair weather to come in the Low Countries and Germany, although there could be an od shower in southern Germany. Poland is going to be staying fine with more sunshine here. An odd shower for Austria and Switzerland although dry and warm in Hungary.
Fair for Denmark with plenty of sunshine to come here. An odd shower in north north of Sweden but dry to the south. Both the Baltic States and Finland should be dry with plenty of sunshine here. Southern Norway is likely to be dry, although low cloud and drizzle may affect the west and north.

Saturday
Fair across much of Spain and Portugal today. There will be showers affecting northeastern parts of Spain, although dry in the Balearics. Italy will have showers in the south, drier to the north with sunny spells. Further showers in Greece, some of them heavy. Turkey should be mostly dry with sunny spells although some showers in the north.
Some cloud and patchy rain in northern France. Mostly dry elsewhere with good spells of sunshine. Staying mostly dry in the Low Countries, although a few showers in Germany. Poland stays dry with good spells of sunshine and it remains dry in Hungary. Scattered afternoon showers in Austria and Switzerland.
Sunny spells and an odd shower in Denmark. Isolated showers for the baltic States, although dry and warm in Finland. Fair for Sweden with some sunshine here. Rain over southern Norway, with soe cloud and an odd shower further north.